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pot1/pɒt/ n. & v.●n. 1a a vessel, usu. rounded, of ceramic ware or metal or glass for holding liquids or solids or for cooking in (陶瓷、金属或玻璃)罐；壶 b such a vessel designed to hold a particular substance (专门设计盛某物的)壶；锅 coffee pot 咖啡壶; teapot 茶壶 2a = FLOWERPOT b = CHIMNEY POT c = LOBSTER POT d = CHAMBER POT, POTTY2 3 a drinking vessel of pewter etc. 白镴大酒杯 4 the contents of a pot 一壶(一罐等)的量 ate a whole pot of jam 吃了一罐果酱 5 the total amount of the bet in a game etc. (游戏等中的)赌注总额 6 colloq. a large sum [口]大笔款子 pots of money 许多钱 7 slang a vessel given as a prize in an athletic contest, esp. a silver cup [俚语] (竞技运动的)奖品(尤指银杯) 8 = POT BELLY 1 ●v. tr. (potted, potting) 1 place in a pot 把…装在罐(壶)里 2 (usu. as 通常作 potted adj.) preserve in a sealed pot 把…贮存于密封罐中 potted shrimps 罐头虾 3 Brit. sit (a young child) on a chamber pot [英]服侍(小孩)坐便盆 4 Brit. pocket (a ball) in billiards etc. [英] (台球等中)击(球)落袋 5 shoot at, hit, or kill (an animal) with a pot-shot 任意射(任意打、任意杀) (动物) 6 seize or secure 抓住；获得 7 (esp.as 尤作 potted adj.) Brit. abridge or epitomize [英]节略(的)；摘录(的) in a potted version 在删节本中; potted wisdom 格言 □ go to pot colloq. deteriorate; be ruined [口]堕落；毁灭 □ pot of gold an imaginary reward; an ideal; a jackpot 假想奖金；想像中的事；意外的大成功 □ potful n. (pl. -fuls)[Old English pott, corresponding to Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pot, from popular Latin] |