英语词汇“kettle-holders”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

kettle¹ /ketˈl/

noun

A container for boiling water, with a spout, a lid and a handle

A metal container for heating liquids or cooking something in liquid

A kettle hole (geology)

An enclosed area created by cordons of police officers to control public protesters

A kettledrum (Shakespeare)

transitive verb

To contain (protesters) in an enclosed area

ORIGIN: ON ketill; OE cetel, Ger Kessel, Gothic katils; all perh from L catillus, dimin of catīnus a deep cooking vessel

kettˈleful noun

kettˈledrum noun (music)

A percussion instrument, consisting of a hollow metal hemisphere with a parchment head, tuned by screws which adjust the tension

kettˈledrummer noun

kettˈle-holder noun

A cloth, etc for lifting a hot kettle

kettle hole noun (geology)

A circular hollow in rock caused by the melting of a trapped block of ice

kettˈlestitch noun (bookbinding)

The stitch that is made at the head and tail of each section of a book to interlock the sections

a kettle of fish

A situation, set of circumstances, esp in the ironic phrase a pretty kettle of fish an awkward mess
Orig a riverside picnic at which newly-caught salmon were cooked on the spot (obsolete)

kettle1 /ketˈl/