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单词 tea-kettle
释义

tea-kettlen.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtea-ˌkettle.
1. A kettle in which water is boiled for making tea.
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the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [noun] > preparation of tea > utensils
tea-kettle1705
tea-pot1705
maté1717
kitchen1721
tea-kitchen1770
urn1781
tea-urn1786
quart pot1806
tea-maker1814
sukey1823
samovar1830
billy1839
tea-boiler1839
billy-can1885
tea infuser1889
tea-can1890
tea-billy1894
tea ball1895
dixie1900
caddy-spoon1927
drum1931
Teasmade1938
tea machine1963
1705 London Gaz. No. 4063/4 A Tea Kettle, a gilt Tea-Pot.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 397 He that snatches up the copper handle of a tea kettle, and burns his fingers.
1865 Times 23 Aug. Wiesbaden..is as close and hot in the summer as a steaming tea-kettle.
in extended use.1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes iv. 18 There was a great demand in Australia for small river steamers... The difficulty, however, was to get such fragile tea-kettles across the ocean.attributive.1746 H. Miles in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 55 The Spirits were such as we use for the Tea-kettle Lamp.1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) vi. 51 Crimson silk tea-kettle holders.1896 Peterson Mag. Jan. 63/2 Martha dropped the tea-kettle cover with a bang.
2. ass (= arse) over tea-kettle, head over heels (cf. arse over tip at arse n. and int. Phrases 1). U.S. slang
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [phrase] > head over heels
tail over top1303
top over tailc1330
heels over headc1400
tail and top1558
head over heels1678
over head and heels1678
heels over gowdy1751
head over tip1824
arse over tip1922
ass over tea-kettle1963
1963 T. Pynchon V. i. 23 Fast enough..only to send Profane, garbage can and lettuce leaves flying ass over teakettle in a great green shower.
1977 J. Crosby Company of Friends vii. 51 Sascha's horse..stopped short... Sascha went ass over teakettle into the brambles.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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