kettle

🇺🇸 /ˈketl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈketl/
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難度
標籤 TOP10000CEFR-B1
noun
R

a pot with a lid, handle, and spout for boiling water

I put the kettle on the stove to boil water for tea.

我把水壺放在爐子上燒水泡茶。

verb
R

to surround and contain protesters to control them

Police used a kettle to control the crowd during the protest.

警方在抗議期間使用包圍戰術來控制人群。

translation

n. 燒水壺
v. 包圍控制

詞形變化

Plural kettles
Past kettled
Perfect kettled
Progressive kettling