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)。 短语和例子 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。
a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid 同义词：boiler,
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,
(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,
the quantity a kettle will hold 同义词：kettleful,
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.
例句与用法
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The boiling water bubbled furiously in the kettle ... 开水在壶里翻滚。
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The water in the kettle had all boiled away . 壶里的水完全烧干了。
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The lard was tried in a big kettle . 这猪油是在大锅里炼出来的。
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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。
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Mary : hurry up , john ! the kettle is boiling ! 玛丽：快，约翰！壶里的水开了！
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Steam is rising from the kettle . 水壶中冒出了水气。
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Keep the kettle at the boil . 使水壶里的水保持沸腾。
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The crew could not find any stones to support their kettle . 水手们找不到石块来支起水壶。
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Hard water furs the kettle . 硬水使水壶生水垢。
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Have you ever heard that useful proverb? the pot and the kettle ? 你听说过这句俗话没有，半斤对八两。
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