kettle的解释是什么

1. 水壶，壶
2. 水锅
3. 小汽锅
4. 【地】锅穴，搅旋洞穴，瓯穴，涡旋磨，涡蚀穴（在河流的岩床上形成的碗状洞穴）
5. 凹洞
6. 水冲刷穴
7. 定音鼓，铜鼓

1. a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
2. the quantity a kettle will hold
3. (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
4. a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

1.水壶
Akettle is a covered container that you use for boiling water. It has a handle, and a spout for the water to come out of.

e.g. I'll put thekettle on and make us some tea.
我去烧壶水给大家沏茶。

2.锅
Akettle is a metal pot for boiling or cooking things in.

e.g. Put the meat into a smallkettle.
把肉放进一个小锅里。

3.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.

e.g. Playing for the reserve team is a totally differentkettle of fish.
作为替补参加比赛完全是两码事。

a different kettle of fish

截然不同的事a situation that is difficult or awkward, or different from what is expected

• She put the kettle on for tea.

  出自：L. Cody

kettle, pot, pottery

pot是“壶的总称”, kettle特指“茶壶”,而pottery则是“陶器的总称”,即kettle是pot中的一种,而pot是pottery中的一种。