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pots

/pot/US // pɒt //UK // (pɒt) //

盆子,壶,锅,锅子

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : 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.
    • : such a container with its contents: a pot of stew.
    • : the amount contained in or held by a pot; potful.
    • : a flowerpot.
    • : a container of liquor or other drink: a pot of ale.
    • : liquor or other drink.
    • : a cagelike vessel for trapping fish, lobsters, eels, etc., typically made of wood, wicker, or wire.Compare lobster pot.
    • : a chamber pot.
    • : Metallurgy. a vessel for melting metal; melting pot. an electrolytic cell for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
    • : British. a chimney pot. Dialect.a basket or box used for carrying provisions or the like; a pannier.
    • : Slang. a large sum of money.
    • : all the money bet at a single time; pool.
    • : British Slang. the favorite.
    • : a potshot.
    • : a liquid measure, usually equal to a pint or quart.
    • : Armor. an open, broad-brimmed helmet of the 17th century.any open helmet.
    • : Slang. a potbelly.
v.有主动词 verb
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    pot·ted, pot·ting.

    • : to put into a pot.
    • : to preserve in a pot.
    • : to cook in a pot.
    • : to transplant into a pot: We must pot the petunias.
    • : Hunting. to shoot on the ground or water, or at rest, instead of in flight or running: He can't even pot a sitting duck.to shoot for food, not for sport.
    • : Informal. to capture, secure, or win.
v.无主动词 verb
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    pot·ted, pot·ting.

    • : Informal. to take a potshot; shoot.

Phrases

  • pot calling the kettle black, the
  • fish or cut bait (shit or get off the pot)
  • go to pot
  • hit the jackpot
  • sweeten the kitty (pot)
  • take potluck
  • tempest in a teapot
  • watched pot never boils

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • While a roux is a common thickener that we should all master for dishes such as gravy and gumbo, it is of no use once we’ve already reached the end of a recipe’s instructions and don’t want to bring out another pot.

  • Oram suggests heating a pot of water to near boiling, pouring it into a non-insulated, hard-sided bottle like a Nalgene, and placing it in your sleeping bag before you get in.

  • Depending on whether you are right or wrong, $10 is either added to your pot or taken away.

  • With the installation “What’s Cooking,” artist Bobby Adams frames climate change with the acute, everyday urgency of a pot boiling over.

  • How to boil tree sapWith the largest pot you own and a reliable heat source, you can head outside and start boiling whenever you’ve collected “enough” sap from your trees.

  • Bring a large pot of water to a boil and season liberally with salt.

  • Set a heatproof bowl over a pot of gently simmering water, making sure that the bowl does not touch the surface of the water.

  • Before this latest brush with the law, the rapper was facing pot-bust and unrelated gun charges.

  • So too does Inherent Vice, which is something like a love letter written in pot smoke to the Gold Coast.

  • Because Wright was a no-show in criminal court to face the loud music and pot bust he already had an outstanding warrant.

  • A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.

  • And, old ink pot, tuck a horse blanket under my chin, and rub me down with brickbats while I feed!

  • Gunn touched the brim of his soft felt hat, which he wore turned down all round apparently in imitation of a flower-pot.

  • The pot goeth so long to the water til at length it commeth broken home.

  • Then with the potatoes we've roasted in the ashes and plenty of bread and butter and a pot of coffee—Well, words fail.