单词 | pot |
释义 | pot 1 ![]() n. 1. Any of various usually domestic containers made of pottery, metal, or glass, as: a. A round, fairly deep cooking vessel with a handle and often a lid. b. A short round container for storing or serving food: a jam pot; a mustard pot. c. A coffeepot. d. A teapot. 2. a. Such a container and its contents: a pot of stew; brewed a pot of coffee. b. A potful. 3. a. A large drinking cup; a tankard. b. A drink of liquor contained in such a cup. 4. An artistic or decorative ceramic vessel of any shape. 5. A flowerpot. 6. Something, such as a chimney pot or chamber pot, that resembles a round cooking vessel in appearance or function. 7. A trap for eels, other fish, or crustaceans, typically consisting of a wicker or wire basket or cage. 8. Games a. The total amount staked by all the players in one hand in cards. b. The area on a card table where stakes are placed. c. A shot in billiards or related games intended to send a ball into a pocket. 9. Informal A common fund to which members of a group contribute. 10. often pots Informal A large amount: lost a pot of cash in the stock market crash; made pots of money on their investment. 11. Informal A potshot. 12. Informal A potbelly. 13. Informal A potty or toilet. v. pot·ted, pot·ting, pots v.tr. 1. To place or plant in a pot: pot a geranium. 2. To preserve (food) in a pot. 3. To cook in a pot. 4. To shoot (game) for food rather than for sport. 5. Informal To shoot with a potshot. 6. Informal To win or capture; bag. 7. Games To hit (a ball) into a pocket. v.intr. 1. Informal To take a potshot. 2. To make or shape objects from clay, as on a potter's wheel. [Middle English, from Old English pott, from Vulgar Latin *pottus.] |
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