kettle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈkɛ.təl/|[ˈkʰɛɾɫ̩]|/ˈkɪtəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
    — To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.
  2. Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”). alt-of,alternative
  3. The quantity held by a kettle.
  4. A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
    — Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.
  5. A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
  6. A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating. collective
    — a kettle of hawks
  7. A steam locomotive. slang
  8. A kettledrum.
  9. An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
  10. A watch (timepiece). slang
  11. A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.
  12. A type of encirclement.
    — Near-synonym: cauldron
  13. Ellipsis of kettle of fish. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,figuratively
    — Near-synonyms: cauldron, pickle; see also Thesaurus:difficult situation
动词 v.
  1. To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
    — Life for senior officers has been made much easier by the use of counter-terrorism powers, which enable them to contain demonstrators for hours in a confined spot. This tactic, known as kettling, is seen by some as an attempt to prevent people lawfully demonstrating.
  2. Of a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault. intransitive

词形变化

kettles plural kettles present,singular,third-person kettling participle,present kettled participle,past kettled past kettles plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

From Middle English ketel, also chetel, from Old English ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”) and in Middle English possibly influenced by Old Norse ketill and both from Proto-Germanic *katilaz (“kettle, bucket, vessel”), of uncertain origin and formation. Usually regarded as a borrowing of Late Latin catīllus (“small bowl”), diminutive of Latin catinus (“deep bowl, vessel for cooking up or serving food”), however, the word may be Germanic confused with the Latin: compare Old English cete (“cooking pot”), Old High German chezzi (“a kettle, dish, bowl”), Icelandic kati, ketla (“a small boat”). Cognate with West Frisian tsjettel (“kettle”), Dutch ketel (“kettle”), German Kessel (“kettle”), Swedish kittel (“cauldron, kettle”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (katils, “kettle”), Finnish kattila, Polish kocioł (“cauldron”), Czech kotel (“boiler”), Russian котёл (kotjól, “boiler, cauldron”).
(watch): Cockney rhyming slang from 'kettle and hob' to 'fob' (fob watch).
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