kettle

1. N-COUNT A kettle is a covered container that you use for boiling water. It has a handle, and a spout for the water to come out of. 水壺

I'll put the kettle on and make us some tea. 我來燒壺水給咱們沏點兒茶。

2. N-COUNT A kettle of water is the amount of water contained in a kettle. 一壺的量

Pour a kettle of boiling water over the onions. 往這些洋蔥上倒一壺開水。

3. PHRASE If you say that something is a different kettle of fish, you mean that it is very different from another related thing that you are talking about. 兩碼事[非正式]

Banking today is a very different kettle of fish from the industry of the past. 如今的銀行業(yè)與過去的已是兩碼事了。