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 Isle of Man company, which dominates the global market for thermostatic controls on electric kettles, maintains most of its manufacturing operations in the provincial capital, Guangzhou.
  这家总部位于英国马恩岛的公司是全球最大的电热水壶温控器生产商，大部分制造业务位于广东省府广州。
• Pots, pans, kettles and mops are kitchen utensils.
  锅、盘、壶及拖把是厨房用具。
• 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。
• The Application of INTERBUS in Kettles Section of Port
  INTERBUS在港口罐区的应用
• 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。
• Perhaps your kettles are stained with rust.
  也许你的洗衣池生了锈。
• Installation and breakdown analysis of mechanical seal of kettles
  釜用机械密封的安装及故障分析
• Books and discs were two very different kettles of fish.
  书籍和唱片是全然不同的两码事。
• 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。