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TOEFL BNC: 5784 COCA: 10726

kettle

noun
/ˈketl/
/ˈketl/
Idioms
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  1. a container with a lid, a handle and a spout, used for boiling water(烧水用的)壶,水壶
    • an electric kettle电水壶
    • (British English) I'll put the kettle on (= start boiling some water) and make some tea.我要烧壶水沏茶。
    • I'll just boil the kettle.我这就去把水烧上。
    • She made herself a sandwich while she waited for the kettle to boil.她在等水烧开的时候给自己做了一个三明治。
    Topics Drinksb1, Cooking and eatingb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • electric
    verb + kettle
    • fill
    • plug in
    • put on
    kettle + verb
    • boil
    • sing
    • whistle
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    Word OriginOld English cetel, cietel, of Germanic origin, based on Latin catillus, diminutive of catinus ‘deep container for cooking or serving food’. In Middle English the word's form was influenced by Old Norse ketill.
Idioms
a different kettle of fish
  1. (informal) a completely different situation or person from the one previously mentioned另一码事;截然不同的人
the pot calling the kettle black
  1. (saying, informal) used to say that you should not criticize somebody for a fault that you have yourself锅笑壶黑;五十步笑百步;乌鸦说猪黑

kettle

verb
/ˈketl/
/ˈketl/
(especially British English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they kettle
/ˈketl/
/ˈketl/
he / she / it kettles
/ˈketlz/
/ˈketlz/
past simple kettled
/ˈketld/
/ˈketld/
past participle kettled
/ˈketld/
/ˈketld/
-ing form kettling
/ˈketlɪŋ/
/ˈketlɪŋ/
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  1. kettle somebody (of the police警方) to keep a group of people who are taking part in a demonstration or protest held in an area with no easy way out, in order to make them behave in a peaceful way again围堵,圈围(将游行示威者限制在只有一个出口或无直接出口的区域)
    • Hundreds of protesters were kettled at the start of the demonstration.数百名抗议者在游行开始时就被警方围堵在只有一个出口的区域。
    Word OriginOld English cetel, cietel, of Germanic origin, based on Latin catillus, diminutive of catinus ‘deep container for cooking or serving food’. In Middle English the word's form was influenced by Old Norse ketill.
TOEFL BNC: 5784 COCA: 10726
kettle

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + KETTLE | KETTLE + VERB ADJECTIVEelectric電水壺VERB + KETTLEfill裝滿水壺plug in (BrE) 插上電水壺插頭put on (especially BrE) 放上壺燒水I've just put the kettle on.我剛把水燒上。boil燒水I'll just boil the kettle.我這就去把水燒上。KETTLE + VERBboil水燒開She made herself a sandwich while she waited for the kettle to boil.她在等水燒開的時候給自己做了一個三明治。sing, whistle水壺哨子響The kettle started to sing.水壺哨子開始響了。switch itself off (especially BrE) 水壺開關自動關閉
TOEFL BNC: 5784 COCA: 10726
TOEFL BNC: 5784 COCA: 10726

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