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kettle

/ˈkɛ.təl/ 动词 C2

中文: 围困、包抄

  1. To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
  2. Of a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault. (intransitive)

He/she/it kettles · 过去式 kettled · 过去分词 kettled · -ing形式 kettling

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动词形式

原形
kettle
He/she/it
kettles
过去式
kettled
过去分词
kettled
-ing形式
kettling

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First, because I’m on the same side of the door as you are; secondly, because they’re making such a noise inside, no one could possibly hear you.” And certainly there _was_ a most extraordinary noise going on within—a constant howling and sneezing, and every now and then a great crash, as if a dish or kettle had been broken to pieces.
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第40页 · B2
“Well, this is a pretty kettle of fish,” she said wrathfully.
《Anne of Green Gables》,第36页 · C1
Flora Jane, go out and put the kettle on.
《Anne of Green Gables》,第57页 · C1
I declare, Diana, there isn’t more than a cupful in the kettle!
《Anne of Green Gables》,第137页 · C1

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