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kettle

['ketl]

n.水壺, 坑穴

例句與用法：

She accused us of being extravagant talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

她指責我們鋪張浪費--老鴰別嫌豬黑！

The water in the kettle had all boiled away.

壺裡的水完全燒乾了。

The kettle is boiling.

壺裡的水開了。

The kettle was furred up.

壺里長了水鏽。

It is said that James Watt's observation of steam issuing from a kettle gave birth to the idea of the steam engine.

據說，詹姆斯‧瓦特對水壺蒸氣的觀察使他產生了發明蒸汽機的想法。

The kettle was singing (away) on the cooker.

水壺在爐子上發出嗚嗚聲。

The switch on the kettle won't stay down.

這個水壺上的開關按下時卡不住了。

A watched kettle never boils.

心急也沒用。

英文解釋:

名詞 kettle:

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

同義詞：boiler

the quantity a kettle will hold

同義詞：kettleful

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

同義詞：kettle hole

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

同義詞：kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani

以上來源於大辭典