| 单词 | pot |
| 释义 | pot pot1 —potlike, adj. /pot/, n. , v. , potted, potting. n. 1. a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes. 2. such a container with its contents: a pot of stew. 3. the amount contained in or held by a pot; potful. 4. a flowerpot. 5. a container of liquor or other drink: a pot of ale. 6. liquor or other drink. 7. a cagelike vessel for trapping fish, lobsters, eels, etc., typically made of wood, wicker, or wire. Cf. lobster pot. 8. a chamber pot. 9. Metall. a. a vessel for melting metal; melting pot. b. an electrolytic cell for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts. 10. Brit. a. See chimney pot. b. Dial. a basket or box used for carrying provisions or the like; a pannier. 11. Slang. a large sum of money. 12. all the money bet at a single time; pool. 13. Brit. Slang. (in horse racing) the favorite. 14. See potshot. 15. a liquid measure, usually equal to a pint or quart. 16. Armor. a. an open, broad-brimmed helmet of the 17th century. b. any open helmet. 17. Slang. a potbelly. 18. go to pot, to become ruined; deteriorate: With no one to care for it, the lovely old garden went to pot. 19. sweeten the pot. See sweeten (def. 8). v.t. 20. to put into a pot. 21. to preserve (food) in a pot. 22. to cook in a pot. 23. to transplant into a pot: We must pot the petunias. 24. Hunting. a. to shoot (game birds) on the ground or water, or (game animals) at rest, instead of in flight or running: He can't even pot a sitting duck. b. to shoot for food, not for sport. 25. Informal. to capture, secure, or win. v.i. 26. Informal. to take a potshot; shoot. [1150-1200; ME pott (see POTTER1); c. D, LG pot (perh. > F pot)] pot2 /pot/, n. Slang. marijuana. [1935-40, Amer.; said to be a shortening of MexSp potiguaya or potaguaya, appar. contr. of potación de guaya wine or brandy in which marijuana buds have been steeped (lit., drink of grief)] pot3 /pot/, n. Scot. and North Eng. a deep hole; pit. [1325-75; ME; perh. identical with POT1] |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含168451条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。