A very big open container for holding liquid, usually while something is being made in it — beer or wine fermenting, cheese curdling, cloth being dyed, chemicals being mixed, soup being cooked in a factory. Think of something you could climb into, made of wood, metal, or plastic; a bucket is not a vat. The picture is always industrial or old-craft, never the kitchen at home.

A very big open container for holding liquid,一種很大的開口容器，用來裝液體，usually while something is being made in it通常是有東西正在裡面製作的時候——— beer or wine fermenting, cheese curdling, cloth being dyed, chemicals being mixed, soup being cooked in a factory.像啤酒或葡萄酒在發酵、起司在凝固、布料在染色、化學藥劑在混合、工廠裡在煮湯。Think of something you could climb into,想像一個你可以爬進去的東西，made of wood, metal, or plastic;材質是木頭、金屬或塑膠；a bucket is not a vat.水桶不算是vat。The picture is always industrial or old-craft,這個畫面永遠是工業或老式工藝的感覺，never the kitchen at home.不是家裡的廚房。

You meet it most often in 'a vat of…': a vat of beer, a vat of oil, a vat of soup. Because it suggests a comically huge amount, people also use it as a joke for quantity — 'I drank a vat of coffee to finish the report'.

You meet it most often in 'a vat of…':最常見的用法是「a vat of…」：a vat of beer, a vat of oil, a vat of soup.一vat啤酒、一vat油、一vat湯。Because it suggests a comically huge amount,因為它讓人聯想到誇張的大量，people also use it as a joke for quantity所以大家也會拿它開玩笑講份量——— 'I drank a vat of coffee to finish the report'.像是「我喝了一vat咖啡才把報告寫完」。

There is a verb 'to vat' (to put something in a vat), but it is rare and technical; you can safely ignore it.

There is a verb 'to vat'有一個動詞「to vat」(to put something in a vat),（把東西放進vat裡），but it is rare and technical;但它很少見又很專業；you can safely ignore it.你可以放心不用理它。

Note the spelling trap: written in capitals, VAT is something completely different — Value Added Tax, the sales tax added to prices in Britain and much of Europe. Same three letters, no connection at all.

Note the spelling trap:要注意拼字陷阱：written in capitals, VAT is something completely different如果全部大寫寫成VAT，指的是完全不同的東西——— Value Added Tax, the sales tax added to prices in Britain and much of Europe.加值稅（Value Added Tax），也就是英國和歐洲大部分地方加在售價上的銷售稅。Same three letters, no connection at all.同樣三個字母，卻完全沒有關係。