noun🔗Share水壶,茶壶。 A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid."My mother used the kettle to boil water for tea. "我妈妈用茶壶烧水泡茶。utensilitemthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share一壶的量 The quantity held by a kettle."The kettle of hot water was enough to fill three mugs. "这一壶热水足够倒满三个马克杯。amountutilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share水壶,茶壶 A vessel for boiling water for tea."She filled the kettle with water to make tea. "她往水壶里装满水,准备烧水泡茶。utensildeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share壶穴,冰臼 A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole."The melting glacier left behind a kettle, a deep depression now filled with rainwater, making a small pond. "融化的冰川留下了一个冰臼,这个深坑现在充满了雨水,形成了一个小池塘。geologyareanatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share一群猛禽, 鹰群 (collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating."a kettle of hawks"一群盘旋上升的鹰群animalbirdgroupnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share蒸汽机车,火车头。 A steam locomotive"The old kettle chugged its way up the mountain, carrying the school children to their afternoon classes. "那辆老式蒸汽机车轰隆轰隆地爬上山,载着学生们去上下午的课。vehiclemachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share定音鼓 A kettledrum."The orchestra featured a dramatic kettledrum solo during the powerful finale. "在气势恢宏的终曲中,乐团特别安排了一段极具戏剧性的定音鼓独奏。musicutensilsoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share包围,瓮中捉鳖 An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area."Example Sentence: "The police formed a kettle around the protesters, preventing them from marching further down the street." "警察将抗议者包围起来,使他们无法继续沿街游行。politicspolicegovernmentlawactiongroupeventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share包围,瓮中捉鳖. (of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area."During the protest, police decided to kettle the demonstrators near the park entrance to prevent them from blocking traffic. "抗议期间,警察决定将示威者包围在公园入口附近,以防止他们堵塞交通。policegovernmentlawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share鱼梁,鱼堰。 A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence."The fishermen used a simple kettle to trap the fish in the shallow river. "渔民们在浅河里用一种简易的鱼梁来捕鱼。fishnauticalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading