中文翻译与英英解释

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

The boiling water bubbled furiously in the kettle ...
开水在壶里翻滚。

The water in the kettle had all boiled away .
壶里的水完全烧干了。

The lard was tried in a big kettle .
这猪油是在大锅里炼出来的。

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。

Mary : hurry up , john ! the kettle is boiling !
玛丽：快，约翰！壶里的水开了！

Steam is rising from the kettle .
水壶中冒出了水气。

Keep the kettle at the boil .
使水壶里的水保持沸腾。

The crew could not find any stones to support their kettle .
水手们找不到石块来支起水壶。

Hard water furs the kettle .
硬水使水壶生水垢。

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。