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英:[ˈketl]
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ket·tle
ke tl
复数:kettles
noun
a metallic vessel usually used for boiling liquidsespecially: teakettle
kettledrum
pothole sense 1b
a steep-sided hollow without surface drainage especially in a deposit of glacial drift
a usually large group of raptors (such as hawks or vultures) circling high in the sky on an updraft of warm air
… more than 500 birds have been seen riding the same spiraling thermal air current, or "kettle," as they are known to hawk-watchers.—Rick Steelhammer
verb
transitive verb
to corral or contain (people) in large numbers by surrounding and forcing into an enclosed area
Police officers stood in a line in front of them but protesters seemed to think they'd be allowed through. They were not. Instead, they were kettled with orange nets, and arrested.—Jen Doll
electric kettle电热水壶
kettle of fish混乱;困境
reaction kettle反应釜
"用于在火焰上煮沸或加热液体的金属容器",古英语 cetil, citel(梅西亚方言),源自原始日耳曼语 *katilaz(比较古撒克逊语 ketel,古弗里西亚语 zetel,中古荷兰语 ketel,古高地德语 kezzil,德语 Kessel),通常被认为源自拉丁语 catillus “烹饪用的深盘或碗”,是 catinus “深容器、碗、盘、壶”的一种爱称,源自原始意大利语 *katino-。
This word has been connected with Greek forms such as [kotylē] "bowl, dish." Yet the Greek word is no perfect formal match, and words for types of vessels are very often loanwords. It seems best to assume this for catinus too. [de Vaan]
这个词曾与希腊形式(如 kotylē)“碗、盘”联系起来。然而,希腊词并不完全匹配,而且容器类型的词语往往是借词。因此,最好假设 catinus 也是借词。[de Vaan]
这是原始日耳曼语中为数不多的拉丁借词之一,与 *punda- “重量或货币的度量”(见 pound(n.1))和一个与“商人”有关的词汇有关,产生了 cheap(adj.)。[“从原始印欧语到原始日耳曼语”,唐·林格(Don Ringe),牛津,2006年]。也许拉丁语单词被与本土日耳曼语混淆了。
拼写 -k-(约1300年)可能来自于古诺尔斯语同源词 ketill 的影响。"茶壶"的较小意义可追溯至1769年。
Kettle of fish(1715年)意为"复杂而拙劣的事情",有时被认为源自苏格兰的一种习俗,即在划船或野餐时煮一锅鱼,但这种习俗直到1790年才被这个短语所证实。也许它更像是 kittle/kiddle(1200年左右,在《大宪章》中作为盎格鲁-拉丁语 kidellus 出现)的变体,指的是在河流或海岸线上设置的用于捕鱼的网栅。这个词可能来自于古法语 quidel,可能源自于布列塔尼语 kidel “河口的网”。
Kettle 在地质学中用于指“河床或其他侵蚀区域中的深圆形洞穴,水坑”(1866年),因此有 kettle moraine(1883年)这样的特征。
Noun Middle English ketel, from Old Norse ketill (akin to Old English cietel kettle), both from a prehistoric Germanic word borrowed from Latin catillus, diminutive of catinus bowl
The first known use of kettle was in the 13th century
key1 of 4noun
a small device that is used to open a lock or start an automobile
a device having the form or function of a key
a key for winding a clock
a means of gaining or preventing entrance, possession, or control
something that provides an explanation, solution, or means of identifying
the key to a riddle
a series of phrases or statements that describe characteristics by which plants or animals of a particular group differ and are used to aid in identification
a map legend
one of the levers with a flat surface that is pressed by a finger in operating a machine or playing an instrument
a system of seven musical tones arranged in relation to a keynote from which the system is named
the key of C
a characteristic style or tone
a small switch for opening or closing an electric circuit
key2 of 4verb
to adjust the musical pitch of
to bring into harmony
to make nervous, tense, or excited—usually used with up
all keyed up about the test
to record by operating the keys of a machine
key each price into the cash register
key3 of 4adjective
of great importance the key question is "Can we afford it?" use key words in an outline
the key people in the organization
key4 of 4noun
a low island or reef
the Florida Keys
keyboardnoun
a row or set of keys by which a musical instrument (as a piano) is played
the whole arrangement of keys by which a machine (as a typewriter or computer) is operated
keyboardnoun
a row or set of keys by which a musical instrument (as a piano) is played
the whole arrangement of keys by which a machine (as a typewriter or computer) is operated
keyboardnoun
a row or set of keys by which a musical instrument (as a piano) is played
the whole arrangement of keys by which a machine (as a typewriter or computer) is operated
kettle1 of 2noun
a pot for boiling liquids
teakettle
kettle2 of 2verb
to corral or contain (people) in large numbers by surrounding and forcing into an enclosed area
kettle1 of 2noun
a pot for boiling liquids
teakettle
kettle2 of 2verb
to corral or contain (people) in large numbers by surrounding and forcing into an enclosed area
1 Jon fed fresh wood to the fire and put the kettle over the flames to reheat.
2 Then I noticed the kettle on the floor, close to Papa’s feet, the green kettle Sisi used to boil hot water for tea and garri, the one that whistled when the water started to boil.
3 They dangled the tiers from one handlebar and the rice kettle from the other.
4 Then he ordered Pippin and Merry to heat as much water as they could in their small kettles, and to bathe the wound with it.
5 Jon built a cookfire, claimed a small cask of Mormont's favorite robust red from stores, and poured it into a kettle.
6 The serving girls moved down to the kitchen, where kettles of water were put on to boil for the washing of the dishes.
7 I swung the kettle over the flames and looked into the fire while the water heated.
8 Jack was selected to help carry the heavy kettle—a dangerous job because of its weight and hot contents.
9 “Put the kettle on and pour me another cuppa, sweetheart?”
10 I step closer to the lady behind the kettle.
11 "Well, never you mind, run back and tell him a kettle can't be hurried."
12 The kettle was steaming.
水壶冒热气了.
13 "See, what did I tell you, a kettle of fish."
14 She stares at her empty teacup, and then at the kettle on the stove, which she’d had to turn off in order to hear her husband’s voice just a few hours ago.
15 They cooked the daily soup in big kettles.
16 There were only two saucepans in the refrigerator, both containing some orange broth, and a copper kettle on the stove.
17 Though its only window had been bricked in years before, one wall still boasted a hearth big enough to hold a kettle, and there was an actual privy built into a comer nook.
18 His futon and his table, his kettle and toaster and television and the rest of his things, remain on Amsterdam Avenue.
19 Mama stood and refilled her cup with water from the kettle.
20 In the kitchen Grandma was all by herself, stirring the boiling syrup in the big brass kettle.