Word · Frequency #5784
kettles
水壶;烧水壶
kettles is the plural of kettle.
核心释义
A container or electric appliance used to boil water, especially for tea or coffee.
- 1.
用于煮沸液体或烹饪食物的容器,通常为金属制并配有盖子。
A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
- 2.
炖煮用的金属锅,通常有盖
a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
- 3.
一壶的容量。
The quantity held by a kettle.
- 4.
一壶的容量
the quantity a kettle will hold
- 5.
用于烧水以冲泡热饮或制作其他食品的容器或器具。
A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
- 6.
地质学中由冰碛物中冰体融化形成的洼地(通常积水成湖)
(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
- 7.
冰蚀锅穴,有时泛指任何坑穴。
A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
- 8.
一群利用热气流盘旋的猛禽,尤指迁徙时。
A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
- 9.
定音鼓。
A kettledrum.
- 10.
围堵行动;指被限制在有限区域内的抗议者或暴动者群体。
An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
- 11.
绘画过程中用于盛放适量油漆的桶。
A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.
- 12.
一种包围态势。
A type of encirclement.
炖锅;煮锅;一壶的量;一锅的量;锅穴;冰融洼地;猛禽群;鹰群;定音鼓
用法In use
I put the kettle on to make some tea.
用法提示:名词kettle作宾语,表示烧水壶。
The kettle is whistling, so the water is boiling.
用法提示:kettle作主语,指水壶。
Please wash the kettles after using them.
用法提示:复数kettles作宾语。
a kettle of + noun
表示一壶的量。
She boiled a kettle of water for tea.
她烧了一壶水泡茶。
boil the kettle
常用搭配,指烧水。
I'll boil the kettle for coffee.
我来烧壶水冲咖啡。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- electric kettle
- 电水壶
- I need to buy a new electric kettle.我需要买一个新的电水壶。
- boil a kettle
- 烧一壶水
- Could you boil a kettle for tea?你能烧一壶水泡茶吗?
- put the kettle on
- 烧上水
- I'll put the kettle on for coffee.我来烧水冲咖啡。
- kettle of water
- 一壶水
- She poured a kettle of water into the pot.她把一壶水倒进锅里。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象水壶烧水时壶盖像磕头一样上下跳动,帮助记忆'kettle'(水壶)。
语境与语域Context & Register
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语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词,常与 of 或 for 连用表示内容或用途
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
The words 'settle', 'mettle', and 'nettle' rhyme exactly with 'kettle' (same vowel and ending). 'Cattle', 'bottle', and 'little' have different vowel sounds, so they are lookalikes but not rhymes.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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