kettle中文什么意思

n.
1.(烧水用的)水壶，水锅。
2.小汽锅。
3.【地质学；地理学】锅穴(＝kettle hole)。
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A watched kettle never boils. 〔谚语〕看着的水壶永不开〔性急也无用〕。 a (pretty) kettle of fish 1. 困境，窘境，尴尬的境地。 2. 要处理的事情。

• kettle (kettle hole):    锅穴
• a kettle of fish:    为难的处境
• agitated kettle:    搅拌锅; 搅动锅

例句与用法

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1. The boiling water bubbled furiously in the kettle ...
   开水在壶里翻滚。
2. The water in the kettle had all boiled away .
   壶里的水完全烧干了。
3. The lard was tried in a big kettle .
   这猪油是在大锅里炼出来的。
4. The pot calls the kettle black .
   只知责怪别人而不知自己有同样的缺点或过失。
5. Mary : hurry up , john ! the kettle is boiling !
   玛丽：快，约翰！壶里的水开了！

英文释义

名词

1. a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
   同义词：boiler
2. a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
   同义词：kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani
3. (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
   同义词：kettle hole
4. the quantity a kettle will hold
   同义词：kettleful

百科释义

A kettle, sometimes called a tea kettle or teakettle, is a type of pot, typically metal, specialized for boiling water over a heat source, with a lid, spout and handle, or a small kitchen appliance of similar shape that functions in a self-contained manner. Kettles can be heated either by placing on a stove, or by their own internal electric heating element in the appliance versions.