词汇 | kettle |
词根词缀 | 词源: O.E. cetil (Mercian), from L. catillus "deep pan or dish for cooking," dim. of catinus "bowl, dish, pot." A general Gmc. borrowing (cf. O.S. ketel, O.Fris. zetel, M.Du. ketel, O.H.G. kezzil, Ger. Kessel). Spelling with a -k- (c.1300) probably is from infl. of O.N. cognate ketill. The smaller sense of "tea-kettle" is 20c. Kettledrum is from 1542. 词根记忆: n. 水壶At the outset this set of setting settled the offset problem of the kettle.在开始,这一套设置解决了水壶的弥补问题. |
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