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A teapot is the pot you make tea in and pour tea from. It has a lid on top, a handle on one side, and a spout — the little tube the tea comes out of — on the other.
A teapot teapot就是is the pot那個壺you用來make tea in泡茶and pour tea from並把茶倒出來的;It它有has a lid on top上面有個蓋子, a handle on one side一邊有個把手, and a spout另一邊有個壺嘴— the little tube那根小管子the tea comes out of茶水就是從這裡流出來的— on the other
You put tea leaves and hot water inside, wait, then pour. That last part matters: a teapot is for making tea for several people and serving it, which is what makes it different from a kettle (a kettle only boils the water) and from a cup (you drink from a cup).
You你放put tea leaves and hot water inside茶葉和熱水進去, waitwait一下, then然後pour把茶倒出來;That last part這最後一步matters很重要: a teapot teapot是is for用來making tea for several people and serving it替好幾個人泡茶並倒出來喝的, which而這is what makes it different from正是它跟a kettle燒水壺and from跟a cup杯子不同的地方(a kettle kettle只only boils the water燒水而已; you你則是drink from a cup用杯子喝)
Sizes go from big pots on a family table to the small clay pots used in Chinese tea drinking, and all of them are teapots in English.
Sizes尺寸go from從big pots on a family table家庭餐桌上的大壺to到the small clay pots小小的陶壺used in Chinese tea drinking中式泡茶用的, and all of them這些全部are都算teapots teapot in English用英文來說
There is also a very common fixed phrase: 'a storm in a teacup' in British English, or 'a tempest in a teapot' in American English — meaning people getting very upset over something small. If you meet the teapot version in an American book, that is what it is.
There is還有a very common fixed phrase一個很常見的固定說法: 'a storm in a teacup'英式英文說'a storm in a teacup'in British English, or 'a tempest in a teapot'美式英文說'a tempest in a teapot'in American English— meaning意思是people人們getting very upset對小事over something small反應過度;If如果you你meet遇到the teapot version teapot版本的這句話in an American book在一本美國書裡, that那是is what it is就是這個意思
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Teapotname
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informalastronomynatural-sciencesAn asterism within the constellation Sagittarius forming a recognizable teapot shape with spout, handle, and lid.
- Only in modern America has Sagittarius been ignominiously turned into a teapot - although to most Americans, a teapot is as exotic as a centaur.
teapotnoun/ˈtiː.pɒt/
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A vessel for brewing and serving tea, typically with a handle and spout.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。