英语词汇“to keel the pot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. spec. To cool (a hot or boiling liquid) by stirring, skimming, or pouring in something cold, in order to prevent it from boiling over; hence frequently in to keel the pot. Also figurative.

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1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxii. 280 And lerede men a ladel bygge with a long stele, That cast for to kele [B.-text xix. 275 kepe] a crokke and saue þe fatte aboue.

a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 11 Whenne hit welles up, þou schalt hit kele With a litel ale.

1536 R. Morison Remedy for Sedition 21 a.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 904 While greasie Ione doth keele the pot.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida v. sig. H2 Boy keele your mouth, it runnes over.

1607 J. Marston What you Will in Anc. Drama II. 199 Faith Doricus, thy brain boils, keel it, keel it, or all the fat's in the fire.

1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 91/2 Keel, to keep the pot from boiling over.

1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) I. 243 There is a local game called ‘Keeling the pot’, in which a girl says, ‘Mother, the pot's boiling over’; and the answer is, ‘Get a ladle and keel it’.

单词	to keel the pot
释义	> as lemmas to keel the pot b. spec. To cool (a hot or boiling liquid) by stirring, skimming, or pouring in something cold, in order to prevent it from boiling over; hence frequently in to keel the pot. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > cool > cool a boiling liquid keel1393 peal1673 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxii. 280 And lerede men a ladel bygge with a long stele, That cast for to kele [B.-text xix. 275 kepe] a crokke and saue þe fatte aboue. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 11 Whenne hit welles up, þou schalt hit kele With a litel ale. 1536 R. Morison Remedy for Sedition 21 a. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 904 While greasie Ione doth keele the pot. View more context for this quotation 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida v. sig. H2 Boy keele your mouth, it runnes over. 1607 J. Marston What you Will in Anc. Drama II. 199 Faith Doricus, thy brain boils, keel it, keel it, or all the fat's in the fire. 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 91/2 Keel, to keep the pot from boiling over. 1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) I. 243 There is a local game called ‘Keeling the pot’, in which a girl says, ‘Mother, the pot's boiling over’; and the answer is, ‘Get a ladle and keel it’. extracted from keelv.¹ < as lemmas
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