teakettle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈtiˌkɛtəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A vessel used to boil water for tea or other hot beverages.
    — Phœbe and the fire that boiled the teakettle were equally bright, cheerful, and efficient, in their respective offices.
动词 v.
  1. To make a shrill sound like a boiling teakettle. intransitive,rare
    — The Carolina wrens love it too, and they were teakettling away around me.

词形变化

teakettles plural tea kettle alternative tea-kettle alternative teakettles present,singular,third-person teakettling participle,present teakettled participle,past teakettled past tea kettle alternative tea-kettle alternative

词源

词源 1
From tea + kettle.
词源 2
From tea + kettle.
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