kettle

B1 CET-4 高中 FREQ #8337 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 茶壶, 罐 [化] 釜体釜; 锅

发音

UK /ˈkɛ.təl/
US /ˈkɛ.təl/
US /ˈkʰɛɾɫ̩/
US /ˈkɪtəl/
其它 /ˈkɪtəl/
IN /ˈkɛʈɪl/
IN /-əl/

词形变化

kettles 复数 kettled kettles 三单 kettling kettling 现在分词 kettled 过去式 kettled 过去分词

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.

    水壶

    壶

    烹饪

    To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.

    There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.

  2. 2.

    The quantity held by a kettle.

  3. 3.

    A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.

    Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.

  4. 4.

    A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.

    地质
  5. 5.

    A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.

    生物 动物学

    a kettle of hawks

  6. 6.

    A steam locomotive.

    俚语 交通
  7. 7.

    A kettledrum.

    音乐
  8. 8.

    An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.

  9. 9.

    A watch (timepiece).

    俚语
  10. 10.

    A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.

  11. 11.

    A type of encirclement.

    政治 军事

    Near-synonym: cauldron

  12. 12.

    Ellipsis of kettle of fish.

    比喻

    Near-synonyms: cauldron, pickle; see also Thesaurus:difficult situation

    Well, we're really in a kettle now, aren't we?

  13. 1.

    Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”).

v.
  1. 1.

    To contain demonstrators in a confined area.

  2. 2.

    Of a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

boiler kettledrum kettleful kettle hole timpani tympani tympanum

上位词 5

hole pot hollow containerful percussion instrument

下位词 1

teakettle

相关短语

kettle of fish n. 两码事; 野炊; 糟糕; 尴尬局面：很麻烦或棘手的尴尬局面 kettle fur collector kettle fur collectors kettle hole 锅形陷洞，锅穴，壶穴 kettle lake kettle lakes kettle corn kettle holes kettle drum kettle drums kettle chip kettle chips kettle stitch kettle stitches kettle bottom

词源

From Middle English ketel, also chetel, from Old English ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”) and in Middle English possibly influenced by Old Norse ketill and both from Proto-Germanic *katilaz (“kettle, bucket, vessel”), of uncertain origin and formation. Usually regarded as a borrowing of Late Latin catīllus (“small bowl”), diminutive of Latin catinus (“deep bowl, vessel for cooking up or serving food”), however, the word may be Germanic confused with the Latin: compare Old English cete (“cooking pot”), Old High German chezzi (“a kettle, dish, bowl”), Icelandic kati, ketla (“a small boat”). Cognate with West Frisian tsjettel (“kettle”), Dutch ketel (“kettle”), German Kessel (“kettle”), Swedish kittel (“cauldron, kettle”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (katils, “kettle”), Finnish kattila, Polish kocioł (“cauldron”), Czech kotel (“boiler”), Russian котёл (kotjól, “boiler, cauldron”). (watch): Cockney rhyming slang from 'kettle and hob' to 'fob' (fob watch).

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