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

• 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。
• The Application of INTERBUS in Kettles Section of Port
  INTERBUS在港口罐区的应用
• 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。
• Trouble is brewing for an American retailer after customers noted that one of its tea kettles bears a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler.
  一个美国零售商在顾客发现自家生产的茶壶酷似阿道夫-希特勒后，陷入了麻烦。
• As also two little brass kettles, a copper pot to make chocolate, and a gridiron;
  我还拿了两把小铜壶，一只煮巧克力的铜锅和一把烤东西用的铁钯。
• Making money and keeping it are two quite different kettles of fish.
  挣钱和存钱完全是两码事。
• 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。
• 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。
• A noisy mock serenade ( made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
  为新婚夫妇演奏的吵杂的模拟的小夜曲（通过猛击锅和壶制造）。
• 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。