pot
noun uk/pɒt/ us/pɑːt/
(CONTAINER)
B1 [ C ]罐，壶
any of various types of container, usually round, especially one used for cooking food
Fill a large pot with salted water and bring it to the boil. 用一个大壶装满盐水并煮开。
There's plenty of cupboard space in the kitchen for all your pots and pans. 厨房的碗橱有足够的空间放你的盆盆罐罐。
See also: teapot
B1 [ C ] mainly UK（尤指储藏食物或液体的）罐，瓶，壶
any of different types of containers, with or without a lid, especially for storing food or liquids
a pot of cream/jam/paint/ink 一罐奶油／果酱／油漆／墨水
B1 [ C ]花盆
a flowerpot
a terracotta plant pot 赤陶植物盆
Most lilies grow well in pots. 大多数百合花在盆中都生长良好。
Compare: vase
[ C ]一罐（或一壶、一瓶等）的量
the amount that is contained inside a pot
I've just drunk a whole pot of tea! 我刚喝了整整一壶茶！
She'd made a large pot of chicken soup. 她做了一大锅鸡汤。
[ C ]（用作构词成分）壶，罐
used in combination to refer to a container of a stated type
a coffee pot 咖啡壶
a flowerpot 花盆
a teapot 茶壶
a cooking pot 蒸煮锅
[ C ]陶碟，陶碗;陶制器皿
a dish, bowl, etc. made by hand out of clay
pots of something 大量的…
a large amount of something
She's got pots of money (= she's very rich). 她很有钱。
They threw pots of money at the problem but nothing changed.
These people have pots of cash and they have no idea how difficult times are for ordinary people.
The novel was a surprise hit and made her pots of money.
He went to the local school even though his parents had pots of cash.
- More examples
- We could hear the porridge bubbling away in the pot.
- He's got a few plants in pots on the windowsill.
- Sow the seeds in pots.
- This dishwasher even washes pots and pans .
- The children moulded little pots out of clay.
(TOILET)
[ C ]幼儿用便盆
a potty (= bowl used by children as a toilet)
(DRUG)
[ U ] US slang or UK slang大麻
→ cannabis
a pot smoker 吸食大麻者
(STOMACH)
[ C usually singular ] mainly humorous啤酒肚
a potbelly
(BAD STATE)
go to potinformal 毁坏；衰落；完蛋
to be damaged or spoiled because people are not working hard on it or caring for it
I'm afraid I've let the garden go to pot this summer. 很遗憾，今年夏天我让花园荒芜了。
Our little town is going to pot and nobody seems to care.
He worries that he'll go to pot if he retires.
The whole squadron's gone to pot. We don't even have a flagpole.
I didn't have a pool to train in and my technique went to pot.
(HIT BALL)
[ C ] UK（斯诺克等）击（球）落袋
an act of hitting a ball into a hole, especially in games such as snooker
Dawson made a difficult pot look very easy. 很难的一记击球在道森手上却显得轻而易举。
Idioms
not have a pot to piss inidiom very informal 非常穷的
to be very poor
Any help we can offer them will be appreciated. They don't have a pot to piss in. 他们会非常感谢我们提供的任何帮助，他们穷得实在是叮当响！
the pot calling the kettle blackidiom 五十步笑百步;锅嫌壶黑
something you say that means people should not criticize someone else for a fault that they have themselves
Elliott accused me of being selfish. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black! 艾丽特责备我自私，真是“锅嫌壶黑”。
pot
verb uk/pɒt/ us/pɑːt/ -tt-
(SHOOT)
[ I or T ] mainly UK射杀，射猎（飞禽或小动物）;随手射（中）
to shoot birds or small animals for food, or to shoot (at) them without taking careful aim
He strolled through the fields, potting (at) the occasional rabbit. 他在田间散步，随手射猎了那只偶然撞见的野兔。
(HIT BALL)
[ T ] UK（斯诺克等）击（球）落袋
in games such as snooker, to hit a ball so that it falls into one of the holes at the edge of the table
(PUT IN CONTAINER)
[ T ]把（植物）栽入盆中
to put a plant into a container to grow
I'm just going to pot (up) these seedlings. 我正要把这些幼苗栽在花盆中。
Synonym: plant (LIVING THING)