cauldron

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.
    — Double, double, toile and trouble; / Fire burne, and Cauldron bubble.
  2. A type of encirclement.
    — Near-synonym: kettle
  3. An unsettled or difficult situation or place. figuratively
    — Near-synonyms: kettle, pickle; see also Thesaurus:difficult situation

词形变化

cauldrons plural caldron alternative,archaic caudron alternative,obsolete cawdron alternative,obsolete caadron alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
cauldron arse cauldron battle cauldron bottom cauldronful cauldronlike witches' cauldron
相关词
calorie chowder caldera scald coddle

词源

From Middle English caudroun, borrowed from Old Northern French caudron, ultimately from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), from Latin caldus (“hot”). Spelling later Latinized by having an l inserted. See chowder, caldera.
The military sense is a semantic loan from German Kessel; compare English kettling.
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