pottle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A former unit of volume, equivalent to half a gallon, used for liquids and corn; a pot or drinking vessel of around this size. archaic
    — Why, he drinks you, with facility, your Dane dead drunk; he sweats not to overthrow your Almain; he gives your Hollander a vomit, ere the next pottle can be filled.
  2. A small food container, usually made of plastic or cardboard, typically used for containing hot chips, yoghurt or other foodstuffs. New-Zealand
    — Outside, I ripped open the bag to reveal the chips were sitting inside a paper pottle. A pottle!
  3. A small pot or other receptacle, e.g. for strawberries. archaic
    — Strawberry pottles are often half cabbage leaves, a few tempting strawberries being displayed on the top of the pottle.
动词 v.
  1. To place in a pottle. transitive

词形变化

pottles plural pottles present,singular,third-person pottling participle,present pottled participle,past pottled past

词汇关系

衍生词
pottleful pottlepot

词源

词源 1
From Middle English potell, potel, from Old French potel, diminutive of pot; see more at pot.
词源 2
From Middle English potell, potel, from Old French potel, diminutive of pot; see more at pot.
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