pot
noun/pɒt/
/pɑːt/
Idioms 
enlarge image[countable] a deep round container used for cooking things in锅 - pots and pans
锅碗瓢盆 - You'll need a large cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid.
您需要一个带有紧密盖子的大烹饪锅。
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatingb1- Cook gently in a covered pot for 3–4 hours.
盖上锅盖，用文火煮 3 到 4 个钟头。 - He could hear the pot bubbling on the stove.
他可以听到炉子上水壶沸腾的声音。 - Put all the ingredients in a large pot.
把所有的配料放进一口大锅里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cooking
- cover
- stir
- boil
- bubble
- pie
- roast
- for the pot
- in a/the pot
- into a/the pot
- …
- pots and pans
- pots and pans
enlarge image[countable] (especially British English) a container made of glass, clay or plastic, used for storing food in（盛食物的）罐，瓶，壶，盒 - a pot of jam
一罐果酱 - a yoghurt pot
酸奶瓶
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ceramic
- clay
- earthenware
- …
- grow something in
- plant something in
- fill
- …
- be filled with something
- be full of something
- contain something
- …
- plant
- in a/the pot
- into a/the pot
- pot of
- …
- a pot of jam
- [countable] (especially in compounds) a container of various kinds, made for a particular purpose
（某种用途的）容器 - a coffee pot
咖啡壶 - a pencil pot
铅笔筒 - Is there any more tea in the pot?
茶壶里还有茶吗？
Extra ExamplesTopics Gardensb1- Plants in pots require more water than you might think.
盆栽植物所需水分比你想象的要多。 - She filled the pot with boiling water.
她给茶壶倒满了开水。 - a clay pot full of oil
装满油的陶土罐
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ceramic
- clay
- earthenware
- …
- grow something in
- plant something in
- fill
- …
- be filled with something
- be full of something
- contain something
- …
- plant
- in a/the pot
- into a/the pot
- pot of
- …
- a coffee pot
- [countable] the amount contained in a pot
一罐，一瓶，一壶（的量） - They drank a pot of coffee.
他们喝了一壶咖啡。 - I had such a craving for marmalade when I was pregnant that I ate a whole pot in one day.
我怀孕的时候特别想吃果酱，一天就吃了一整锅。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- steaming
- fresh
- coffee
- …
- brew
- make
- put on
- …
- in a/the pot
- pot of
- They drank a pot of coffee.
- [countable] a bowl, etc. that is made by a potter
陶盆；陶罐；碗 - The newly made pots are glazed when they are completely dry.
刚做好的陶罐在干透后上釉。
- The newly made pots are glazed when they are completely dry.
- the pot[singular] (especially North American English) the total amount of money that is bet in a card game
（一局纸牌游戏的）赌注总额，全部赌注 - the pot[singular] (especially North American English) all the money given by a group of people in order to do something together, for example to buy food, or available for a particular purpose
凑集的资金；凑集的钱 - [uncountable] (informal) cannabis (= a drug (illegal in many countries) made from the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant, which gives the person smoking it a feeling of being relaxed)
大麻（=一种由大麻植物的干叶和花制成的药物（在许多国家是非法的），使吸食者有一种放松的感觉） - pot smoking
吸大麻
- pot smoking
- (also potshot)[countable] (informal) a shot that somebody fires without aiming carefully
乱射；盲目射击 - He took a pot at the neighbour's cat with his air rifle.
他用气枪向邻居的猫打了一枪。
- He took a pot at the neighbour's cat with his air rifle.
- [countable] (in the game of billiards, pool or snooker) the act of hitting a ball into one of the pockets around the edge of the table
击球入袋 - [countable] (informal) a pot belly (= a large stomach that sticks out)
锅肚（=突出的大胃）
for cooking
container
money
drug
shot
in billiards, etc.
stomach
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 7 and noun senses 10 to 11 late Old English pott, probably reinforced in Middle English by Old French pot; of unknown ultimate origin (compare with late Latin potus ‘drinking cup’). noun sense 8 1930s: probably from Mexican Spanish potiguaya ‘cannabis leaves’. noun sense 9 1950s: abbreviation of potshot.
Idioms
a crock/pot of gold
- a large prize or reward that somebody hopes for but is unlikely to get
不大可能得到的大笔奖赏（或报酬）
go to pot
- (informal) to become much less good because people are not working hard or taking care of things
荒废；荒疏；疏懒 - Her handwriting's gone to pot since she started using a computer all the time.
自从她开始完全使用电脑后，她的书法就荒疏了。
- Her handwriting's gone to pot since she started using a computer all the time.
in the melting pot
- (especially British English) likely to change; in the process of changing
要起变化；处于变化之中
the pot calling the kettle black
- (saying, informal) used to say that you should not criticize somebody for a fault that you have yourself
锅笑壶黑；五十步笑百步；乌鸦说猪黑
pot luck
- when you take pot luck, you choose something or go somewhere without knowing very much about it, but hope that it will be good, pleasant, etc.
碰运气；撞大运 - It's pot luck whether you get good advice or not.
能不能得到好的指点那就全靠运气了。 - You're welcome to stay to supper, but you'll have to take pot luck (= eat whatever is available).
欢迎你留下来吃晚饭，不过你得有什么就吃什么了。
- It's pot luck whether you get good advice or not.
pots of money
- (British English, informal) a very large amount of money
一大笔钱
put a quart into a pint pot
- (British English) to put something into a space that is too small for it
将…置于容不下之处 - Writing a history of the world in a single volume is like putting a quart into a pint pot.
在一本书中写一部世界历史就像将一夸脱放入一品脱壶中一样。
- Writing a history of the world in a single volume is like putting a quart into a pint pot.
a watched pot never boils
- (saying) used to say that when you are impatient for something to happen, time seems to pass very slowly
心急水不开（越心急，时间过得越慢）