首页英语词典potpot的意思

pot

英 [pɒt] 美[pɑt]

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近义词reefer cannabis hemp grass weed dope marijuana

n. 壶；盆；罐
vt. 把…装罐；射击；节略
vi. 随手射击
n. (Pot)人名；(柬)布特；(捷)波特；(法)波

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词态变化

复数: pots;第三人称单数: pots;过去式: potted;过去分词: potted ;现在分词: potting;

助记提示

〔颠倒词〕壶(pot)的盖子在其顶端(top)

中文词源

pot 锅，罐，壶，碗

来自古法语pot,壶，罐，容器，来自Proto-Germanic*puttaz,壶，罐，来自PIE*budn,容器，可能来自PIE*beu,鼓起，膨胀，词源同ball,pouch,pocket.另一种说法是来自拉丁语potus,饮水杯，词源同potion,部分词源学家对这一猜测持否定态度。

英英释意

1. metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid

2. a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

3. the quantity contained in a pot

4. a container in which plants are cultivated

5. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;: "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"

6. the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)

7. slang terms for a paunch

8. a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets

9. street names for marijuana

英文词源

pot: pot: [OE] Pot was borrowed in the late Old English period from medieval Latin *pottus, which also produced French pot ‘pot’. This may have been an alteration of pōtus ‘drinking-cup’, which in classical Latin meant simply ‘drink’ (it was derived from the same stem as produced pōtiō ‘drink’, source of English poison and potion). Related or derived forms in English include porridge, potash, poteen [19] (etymologically spirits distilled in a ‘little pot’ – Irish poitín is a diminutive of pota ‘pot’), potpourri [18] (literally in French ‘rotten pot’), pottery [15], and putty.
=> porridge, potage, potash, poteen, pottage, putty
pot (n.1): "vessel," from late Old English pott and Old French pot "pot, container, mortar" (also in erotic senses), both from a general Low Germanic (Old Frisian pott, Middle Dutch pot) and Romanic word from Vulgar Latin *pottus, of uncertain origin, said by Barnhart and OED to be unconnected to Late Latin potus "drinking cup." Celtic forms are said to be borrowed from English and French.

Slang meaning "large sum of money staked on a bet" is attested from 1823. Pot roast is from 1881; phrase go to pot (16c.) suggests cooking. In phrases, the pot calls the kettle black-arse is from c. 1700; shit or get off the pot is traced by Partridge to Canadian armed forces in World War II.
pot (n.2): "marijuana," 1938, probably a shortened form of Mexican Spanish potiguaya "marijuana leaves."
pot (v.): "to put in a pot," 1610s, from pot (n.1). Related: Potted; potting. Earlier it meant "to drink from a pot" (1590s).

考试真题

The thought is certainly enough to keep the pot boiling under parents like Meg, the lawyer-mom, as she tries to help her son choose an essay topic.

And when that is failed, they stop the hunters, banging on pots and pans to alert the deer.

Why do local animal rights people bang on pots and pans

A cousin to the watched-pot wait is the forced wait.

Dad carried the pot out and we opened doors and windows to air out the house.

Finally, dad turned off the stove, the pot began to cool and the pressure relief valve sprayed out a cloud of steam.

In 1928, Herbert Hoover imagined an America with "a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage".

One of the projects was to build a clay pot, but I built mine incorrectly, so it broke in the kiln.

People probably cooked their food in large pots, using twigs to remove it.

The very purest form of waiting is the watched-pot wait.

The watched-pot wait engages body and brain.

While doing a watched-pot wait, we tend to get absent-minded.

词组搭配

for the pot

for food or cooking

食用

at the age of fifteen weeks the snails are ready for the pot.
15周大小时，这些蜗牛就可以食用了。

go to pot

(informal)deteriorate through neglect

(非正式)荒废

the foundry was allowed to go to pot in the seventies.
70年代时，该制造厂被荒置了。

the pot calling the kettle black

used to convey that the criticisms a person is aiming at someone else could equally well apply to themselves

罐子嫌锅黑；五十步笑百步

pot of gold

pots of money

(informal)a very large amount of money

(非正式)一大笔钱

put someone's pot on

(Austral./NZ informal)inform on a person

(澳/新西兰，非正式)告密

shit (或 piss) or get off the pot

(vulgar slang)used to convey that someone should stop wasting time and get on with something

(粗俚)要么拉屎，要么让出马桶；别占着茅坑不拉屎

a watched pot never boils

(proverb)time seems to drag endlessly when you're waiting anxiously for something to happen

(谚)守着看壶壶不开

实用场景例句

pots and pans: 锅碗瓢盆

a pot of jam: 一罐果酱

a yogurt pot: 酸奶瓶

a coffee pot: 咖啡壶

a pepper pot: 胡椒瓶

a teapot: 茶壶

Is there any more tea in the pot?: 茶壶里还有茶吗？

They drank a pot of coffee.: 他们喝了一壶咖啡。

pot smoking: 吸大麻

He took a pot at the neighbour's cat with his air rifle.: 他用气枪向邻居的猫打了一枪。

It's pot luck whether you get good advice or not.: 能不能得到好的指点那就全靠运气了。

You're welcome to stay to supper, but you'll have to take pot luck (= eat whatever is available) .: 欢迎你留下来吃晚饭，不过你得有什么就吃什么了。

He potted the black to take a 7–3 lead.: 他把黑球击入袋中，以7:3领先。

...metal cooking pots.: 金属炒锅

There's tea in the pot.: 壶里有茶。

Hundreds of jam pots lined her scrubbed shelves.: 她那擦得干干净净的架子上排列着几百个果酱罐。

Pot the cuttings individually.: 把插条分别栽入盆中。

...potted plants.: 盆栽植物

He must have pots of money.: 他一定有很多钱。

I've taken some money from the pot for wrapping paper.: 我已从公共基金里拿了一些钱买包装纸。

He did not pot a ball for the next two frames.: 他在接下来的两局中一杆未进。

The neighbourhood really is going to pot.: 这个街区确实在走向败落。

If you haven't made an appointment, take pot luck and knock on the door...: 如果你没有预约，就敲门试试运气吧。

He scorns the 'pot-luck' approach.: 他对这种“碰运气”的方法不屑一顾。

Please uncover the pot.: 请拿掉锅盖.

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