kettle

英 ['ketl] 美 ['ketl]

• n. 水壶；坑穴

kettle的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

详尽释义

n. (名词)

1. 水壶，壶
2. 水锅
3. 小汽锅
4. 【地】锅穴，搅旋洞穴，瓯穴，涡旋磨，涡蚀穴（在河流的岩床上形成的碗状洞穴）
5. 凹洞
6. 水冲刷穴
7. 定音鼓，铜鼓

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C](烧水用的)壶 container with a spout, lid and handle, used for boiling water

英英释义

Noun:

1. a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid

2. the quantity a kettle will hold

3. (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits

4. a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

kettle的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The kettle is boiling.
   壶里的水开了。
2. The switch on the kettle won't stay down.
   这个水壶上的开关按下时卡不住了。
3. This kettle whistles when it boils.
   这水壶在水开时会哔哔作响。
4. Kettle can also form as the result of floods caused by the sudden drainage of an ice-dammed lake.
   因为冰堰湖的突然泄流造成的洪水也有可能形成锅穴。

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

a different kettle of fish

截然不同的事a situation that is difficult or awkward, or different from what is expected

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• boil the kettle 烧一壶开水
• put a kettle up to boil 把一壶水放在炉上烧开
• put the kettle over the fire 把水壶放在炉火上

名词+～

• tea kettle 茶壶

介词+～

• from the kettle 从茶壶里

～+介词

• a fine〔pretty〕 kettle of fish 一塌糊涂
• a kettle of water 一壶水

经典引文

• She put the kettle on for tea.

  出自： L. Cody

kettle的相关资料：

近反义词

【近义词】

• boiler
• pot