kettles

英 [ˈketlz]

美 [ˈketlz]

n. (烧水用的)壶，水壶
kettle的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 水壶
Akettleis 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. Akettle ofwater 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

N-COUNT 锅
Akettleis 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

PHRASE 完全不同的事物
If you say that something isa 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。

双语例句

To build them, hundreds of ice blocks are shaped and fitted together, with kettles of cold water poured on to "cement" them.
人们把数百冰块打磨砌好，浇上冷水使其凝固成形。
Perhaps your kettles are stained with rust.
也许你的洗衣池生了锈。
Books and discs were two very different kettles of fish.
书籍和唱片是全然不同的两码事。
A noisy mock serenade ( made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
为新婚夫妇演奏的吵杂的模拟的小夜曲（通过猛击锅和壶制造）。
The Isle of Man company, which dominates the global market for thermostatic controls on electric kettles, maintains most of its manufacturing operations in the provincial capital, Guangzhou.
这家总部位于英国马恩岛的公司是全球最大的电热水壶温控器生产商，大部分制造业务位于广东省府广州。
In areas where the water is hard pots and kettles quickly fur up.
在水中含有无机盐的地区，锅和壶很快就会生垢。
Not only is vinegar good for descaling kettles, cleaning windows and pickling onions, but it seems that it could help you to keep the weight off, too.
醋不仅是良好的鳞水壶，清洁窗户和酸洗洋葱，但似乎它也可以帮助你保持体重。
And sounds like the steam from a thousand kettles.
听起来像从1千壶水放出蒸汽的声音。
The contrast experiment by using copper-base alloy tie to ferrous-base alloy tie is done by drawing stainless steel kettles.
同时用铜基合金模具和铁基合金模具在深拉伸不锈钢水壶的生产中做了对此拉伸。
The Application of INTERBUS in Kettles Section of Port
INTERBUS在港口罐区的应用