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- a large long-handled spoon with a cup-shaped bowl, used for serving soup, stew, or sauce长柄勺。
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- a vessel for transporting molten metal in a foundry冶勺, 钢铁水包。
with obj. and adverbial
1- serve (soup, stew, or sauce) with a ladle用长柄勺舀（汤, 炖菜或酱汁）：
she ladled out onion soup
她用长柄勺舀出洋葱汤
figurative 〈喻〉he was ladling out his personal philosophy of life.
他正在大谈特谈个人生活哲学。
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- transfer (liquid) from one receptacle to another将（液体）从一个容器倒入另一容器：
he ladled the water into an empty bucket.
他把水倒入空桶。
派生词
ladleful
noun （pl. -fuls）ladler
noun词源
Old English hlǣdel, from hladan （see LADE）.