kettle
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A kettle is a covered container that you use for boiling water. It has a handle, and a spout for the water to come out of. 水壺
I'll put the kettle on and make us some tea. 我來燒壺水給咱們沏點兒茶。
2. N-COUNT A kettle of water is the amount of water contained in a kettle. 一壺的量
Pour a kettle of boiling water over the onions. 往這些洋蔥上倒一壺開水。
3. PHRASE If you say that something is a different kettle of fish, you mean that it is very different from another related thing that you are talking about. 兩碼事[非正式]
Banking today is a very different kettle of fish from the industry of the past. 如今的銀行業(yè)與過去的已是兩碼事了。
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kettle /?k?t?l/ (kettles)
劍橋詞典
- I think this kettle is defunct !
- This kettle needs descaling .
- I don't like the design of this kettle.
- The kettle needs a new element .
- I want to plug the kettle into the right-hand socket .
kettle noun [C] (EQUIPMENT)
a container for boiling water , that has a lid , handle , and spout and is made from plastic or metal
水壺，燒水壺
?put the kettle on
to start to boil water in a kettle
開始燒水
范例
kettle noun [C] (POLICE)
an occasion when police form lines around a crowd of people and prevent them from leaving a particular area
（警察控制大批街頭人群的戰(zhàn)術(shù)）把人群困在一定區(qū)域，不讓離開
習(xí)語
be another/a different kettle of fisha pretty/fine kettle of fish 返回 kettle