kettle

noun

1. （烧水用的）壶，水壶
   a container with a lid, handle and a spout , used for boiling water
   1. an electric kettle
      电水壶
   2. I'll put the kettle on (= start boiling some water) and make some tea.
      我要烧壶水沏茶。

1. N-COUNT 水壶
   A kettle is a covered container that you use for boiling water. It has a handle, and a spout for the water to come out of.
   1. I'll put the kettle on and make us some tea.
      我去烧壶水给大家沏茶。
   2. A kettle of water is the amount of water contained in a kettle.
      一壶的量
   3. Pour a kettle of boiling water over the onions.
      在洋葱上倒一壶开水。

in AM, use 美国英语用 teakettle


2. N-COUNT 锅
   A kettle is a metal pot for boiling or cooking things in.
   1. Put the meat into a small kettle.
      把肉放进一个小锅里。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 pan


3. PHRASE 完全不同的事物
   If you say that something is a different kettle of fish, you mean that it is very different from another related thing that you are talking about.
   1. Playing for the reserve team is a totally different kettle of fish.
      作为替补参加比赛完全是两码事。

1. He had nothing to do but boil the kettle and make the tea
   他除了烧水沏茶以外无事可做。
2. Marianne put the kettle on to boil.
   玛丽安娜放上水壶烧开水。
3. Is the kettle boiling?
   壶里的水开了吗？
4. I'll put on the kettle for tea. Or boil up some coffee.
   我要烧壶水沏茶，或者煮些咖啡。
5. Someone went upstairs and brought down a huge kettle
   有人上楼取下一个大水壶。
6. Use a kettle with an automatic cut-out so it doesn't boil for longer than necessary
   使用带自动断电装置的水壶加热，这样水沸腾的时间就不会过长了。
7. The cordless kettle may now be a fixture in most kitchens.
   无绳电热水壶现在可能是多数厨房的固定设备。
8. I'll put the kettle on and make us some tea.
   我去烧壶水给大家沏茶。
9. Put the meat into a small kettle.
   把肉放进一个小锅里。
10. Playing for the reserve team is a totally different kettle of fish.
    作为替补参加比赛完全是两码事。
11. I filled the kettle while she was talking and plugged it in
    她说话间，我把水壶灌满并插上了电源。
12. She immediately put the kettle on
    她立刻烧了水。
13. She put the kettle on the gas stove.
    她将水壶放在煤气炉上。
14. Afterwards, we strolled back, put the kettle on and settled down with the newspapers.
    然后，我们溜达回来，烧上水，又坐下看报纸。
15. She emptied both their mugs and switched on the electric kettle
    她把他们俩的杯子倒空，烧上了电水壶。
16. Hey, the kettle leaks!
    哎哟，壶漏啦！
17. Steam is rising from the kettle.
    水壶中冒出了水气。
18. Keep the kettle at the boil.
    使水壶里的水保持沸腾。
19. The kettle ( on the fire) is nearly dry. Put some more water in it, quick.
    壶要烧干了，赶快续水。
20. The boiling water bubbled furiously in the kettle.
    开水在壶里翻滚。
21. I know there'd be a kettle on the boil down in the kitchen.
    我知道厨房里总有一壶烧开的水。
22. I will fetch a kettle of water.
    我去提壶水来。
23. The kettle's just on the boil.
    壶里开始冒热气了。
24. The kettle is boiling over.
    壶水煮得都溢出来了。
25. The kettle was boiling away on the fire.
    水壶里的水在炉火上开个不停。
26. All the water boiled away and the kettle was ruined.
    壶里的水全部烧干，壶也烧坏了。
27. There is a crack in the bottom of the kettle.
    壶底有道漏缝。
28. I bought a new kettle yesterday.
    我昨天买了一个新水壶。
29. The water had all boiled away and the kettle was empty.
    水烧干了，壶也空了。
30. I really need a double socket so I can use the kettle and the radio at the same time.
    我真的需要一个双插座，这样我就能够同时使用水壶和收音机。

n.

a different kettle of fish

• 另一码事；截然不同的人
  a completely different situation or person from the one previously mentioned

the pot calling the kettle black

• 锅笑壶黑；五十步笑百步；乌鸦说猪黑
  used to say that you should not criticize sb for a fault that you have yourself

noun

1. a metal pot for stewing or boiling

   Synonym:    boiler

2. a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

   Synonym:    kettledrumtympanumtympanitimpani

3. (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits

   Synonym:    kettle hole

4. the quantity a kettle will hold

   Synonym:    kettleful