kettles

英 [ˈketlz]

美 [ˈketlz]

n.  (烧水用的)壶，水壶
kettle的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 水壶
  Akettleis a covered container that you use for boiling water. It has a handle, and a spout for the water to come out of.
  1. I'll put the kettle on and make us some tea.
     我去烧壶水给大家沏茶。
  2. Akettle ofwater is the amount of water contained in a kettle.
     一壶的量
  3. Pour a kettle of boiling water over the onions.
     在洋葱上倒一壶开水。

in AM, use 美国英语用 teakettle


• N-COUNT 锅
  Akettleis a metal pot for boiling or cooking things in.
  1. Put the meat into a small kettle.
     把肉放进一个小锅里。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 pan


• PHRASE 完全不同的事物
  If you say that something isa different kettle of fish, you mean that it is very different from another related thing that you are talking about.
  1. Playing for the reserve team is a totally different kettle of fish.
     作为替补参加比赛完全是两码事。

双语例句

• Books and discs were two very different kettles of fish.
  书籍和唱片是全然不同的两码事。
• Not only is vinegar good for descaling kettles, cleaning windows and pickling onions, but it seems that it could help you to keep the weight off, too.
  醋不仅是良好的鳞水壶，清洁窗户和酸洗洋葱，但似乎它也可以帮助你保持体重。
• And sounds like the steam from a thousand kettles.
  听起来像从1千壶水放出蒸汽的声音。
• To build them, hundreds of ice blocks are shaped and fitted together, with kettles of cold water poured on to "cement" them.
  人们把数百冰块打磨砌好，浇上冷水使其凝固成形。
• Coppersmiths employed it to fashion pots and kettles for the home.
  铜匠们利用它来为家庭制造罐子和水壶。
• The Evolution of the Cooking Utensil Words; Cloth may be scoured in large kettles called kiers.
  织物的煮练可以在被称为煮布锅的大釜中进行。
• Application fields: heating kettles, inner pots of soy milk makers, inner pots of electric pressure cookers, pot lids.
  运用领域：热水壶、豆浆机内胆、电压力锅内胆、锅盖等。
• Blue and white porcelain wares include plates, vases, censers, kettles, pots, bowls and cups, which have complicated designs on their bodies.
  青花瓷器有盘、瓶、香炉、执壶、罐、碗、杯等，胎体厚重，装饰图案繁复，纹饰层次多。
• The Application of INTERBUS in Kettles Section of Port
  INTERBUS在港口罐区的应用
• In areas where the water is hard pots and kettles quickly fur up.
  在水中含有无机盐的地区，锅和壶很快就会生垢。