kettle
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ldoce_180_aket·tle /ˈketl/ ●●● S3 noun [countableC] 1 
DFUa container with a lid, a handle, and a spout, used for boiling and pouring water 〔烧水、倒水用的〕水壶，壶 SYN American English teakettle
DFUa container with a lid, a handle, and a spout, used for boiling and pouring water 〔烧水、倒水用的〕水壶，壶 SYN American English teakettle She filled the kettle and switched it on.
她把水壶灌满，打开了开关。
The kettle’s boiling (=the water in it is boiling).
水壶里的水开了。
Put the kettle on (=start boiling water in a kettle), will you?
→4 See picture on 见图 Page A5 Where to eat 吃东西的地方 烧壶水，好吗？
2. American EnglishAmE a large pot, used for making soup 〔煮汤用的〕锅3 another/a different kettle of fish informalDIFFERENT used to say that a situation is very different from one that you have just mentioned 另一回事
She enjoys public speaking, but being on TV is a different kettle of fish.
她喜欢当众演讲，但上电视又是另一回事了。
Old English cetel
- emergency room
- emergencyroom
- emergency rooms
- emergency-services
- emergency services
- emergencyservices
- emergent
- emergents
- emerges
- emerging
- emerging
- emeric pressburger
- emeric-pressburger
- emericpressburger
- emeries
- emeritus
- emeritus director
- emeritus professor
- emeritus professor/director etc
- emerituss
- emerson,-ralph-waldo
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- emery
- emery-board
- emery board