noun🔗Share壶，水壶 A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid."We used two kettles to boil enough water for everyone's tea. "我们用了两个水壶来烧足够的水，好让每个人都有茶喝。utensilitemthingutilitymachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share壶量，一壶的量。 The quantity held by a kettle."The recipe called for three kettles of water to fill the large pot. "这个食谱要求用三壶水才能把那个大锅装满。amountutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share水壶，茶壶 A vessel for boiling water for tea."We have two kettles: one for the stove and one that plugs into the wall. "我们家有两个水壶：一个是在炉子上烧的，一个是插电的。utensildrinkdeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share壶穴，冰臼。 A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole."After the glacier melted, the landscape was dotted with small, water-filled depressions, which the locals called kettles. "冰川融化后，地貌上布满了小而积水的凹陷地，当地人称之为壶穴。geologygeographyenvironmentnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share鹰群, 热气流盘旋的猛禽群 (collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating."a kettle of hawks"一群在热气流中盘旋的鹰群animalbirdgroupnatureenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share蒸汽机车，火车头 A steam locomotive"During the railway preservation gala, several restored kettles pulled passenger trains along the old tracks. "在铁路保护节期间，几辆修复后的蒸汽机车沿着旧铁轨牵引着客运列车。vehiclemachinetechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share定音鼓 A kettledrum."The orchestra's kettles boomed during the dramatic climax of the symphony. "在交响乐剧烈的高潮部分，管弦乐队的定音鼓轰鸣作响。musicutensilsoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share包围，围堵 An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area."The police used kettles to control the crowd near the stadium after the game. "比赛结束后，警察用包围战术来控制体育场附近的 Crowd。politicspolicegovernmentlawactionsocietygroupChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share鱼梁，鱼堰 A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence."The fishermen built kettles in the shallow river to trap the salmon swimming upstream. "渔民们在浅水中建造了鱼梁，用来捕捉逆流而上的鲑鱼。fishutensilagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
