Pot

[pɒt] or [pɑt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid.

(noun.) street names for marijuana.

(noun.) a container in which plants are cultivated.

(noun.) slang for a paunch.

(noun.) the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker).

(noun.) the quantity contained in a pot.

(verb.) plant in a pot; 'He potted the palm'.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.

(n.) An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.

(n.) The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale.

(n.) A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.

(n.) A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.

(n.) A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.

(n.) A perforated cask for draining sugar.

(n.) A size of paper. See Pott.

(v. t.) To place or inclose in pots

(v. t.) To preserve seasoned in pots.

(v. t.) To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs.

(v. t.) To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off.

(v. t.) To pocket.

(v. i.) To tipple; to drink.

校對:惠特尼

解釋/意思:

n. a metallic vessel for various purposes esp. for cooking: a drinking vessel: an earthen vessel for plants: the quantity in a pot: (slang) a large sum of money a prize.—v.t. to preserve in pots: to put in pots: to cook in a pot: to plant in a pot: to drain as sugar in a perforated cask: to shoot an enemy.—v.i. (Shak.) to tipple:—pr.p. pot′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. pot′ted.—n. Pot′-ale refuse from a grain distillery.—adj. Pot′-bell′ied having a prominent belly.—ns. Pot′-bell′y a protuberant belly; Pot′-boil′er a work in art or literature produced merely to secure the necessaries of life; Pot′-boy a boy in a public-house who carries pots of ale to customers; Pot′-compan′ion a comrade in drinking; Pot′-hang′er a hook on which to hang a pot; Pot′-hat a high-crowned felt hat worn by men; Pot′-head a stupid person; Pot′herb any vegetable which is boiled and used as food.—n.pl. Pot′-holes holes in the beds of rapid streams made by an eddying current of water which gives the stones a gyratory motion.—ns. Pot′-hook a hook hung in a chimney for supporting a pot: a letter shaped like a pot-hook; Pot′-house an ale-house; Pot′-hunt′er one who hunts or fishes for profit; Pot′-lid the cover of a pot; Pot′-liq′uor a thin broth in which meat has been boiled; Pot′-luck what may happen to be in the pot for a meal without special preparation; Pot′-man a pot-companion: a pot-boy; Pot′-met′al an alloy of copper and lead; Pot′-shop a small public-house; Pot′-stick a stick for stirring what is being cooked in a pot; Pot′stone a massive variety of talc-schist composed of a finely felted aggregate of talc mica and chlorite.—adj. Pot′-val′iant brave owing to drink.—Potted meats meats cooked seasoned and hermetically sealed in tins or jars.—Go to pot to go to ruin originally said of old metal to go into the melting-pot; Keep the pot boiling to procure the necessaries of life; Take pot-luck to accept an invitation to a meal where no preparation for guests has been made.

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