pot

pot¹
noun

a container, typically rounded or cylindrical and of ceramic ware or metal, used for storage or cooking
罐，壶，钵
clay pots for keeping water cool in summer.
夏天用来凉水的泥罐。
a cooking pot.
烹罐。
■short for teapot, flowerpot, and chamber pot
teapot, flowerpot 和 chamber pot 的简称
■a container for holding drink, especially beer
饮水壶；啤酒壶
■the contents of any of such containers
一壶饮料，一壶酒
a pot of coffee.
一壶咖啡。
(the pot)the total sum of the bets made on a round in poker, brag, etc.
押注总数
Jim raked in half the pot.
吉姆得到了押注总数的一半。
■all the money contributed by a group of people for a particular purpose
基金
in insurance, everybody puts money into the pot used to pay claims.
保险中，每个人都将钱投入基金中，以支付索赔。
(informal)a prize in a sporting contest, especially a silver cup
(非正式)（体育运动的）奖品，奖杯
(informal)a pot belly
(非正式)啤酒肚，将军肚
(informal)an engine cylinder
(非正式)发动机汽缸
(Billiards & Snooker)a shot in which a player strikes a ball into a pocket
(台球，斯诺克)击球

(potted, potting)
[with obj.]

plant in a flowerpot
种入花盆
pot individual cuttings as soon as you see new young leaves.
见到嫩叶后就将单支插条种入花盆。
■(pot a plant on)transplant a plant from a smaller flowerpot to a larger one
移栽入大花盆
■(pot a plant up)transplant a seedling into a flowerpot
将苗木移栽入花盆
preserve (food, especially meat or fish) in a sealed pot or jar
将（食物，尤指肉或鱼）装罐贮存
venison can be potted in the same way as tongue.
鹿肉可以按照跟口条一样的方法装罐贮存。
(Billiards & Snooker)strike (a ball) into a pocket
(台球，斯诺克)击球入袋
he failed to pot a red at close range.
他未能将近距离的红球击入袋中。
(informal)hit or kill (someone or something) by shooting
(非正式)击中；射死
he was shot in the eye as neighbours potted clay pigeons.
邻居们在射泥鸽子时射中了他的眼睛。
■(informal)succeed in obtaining (something desirable); win
(非正式)成功获得；赢得
do you fancy potting a fine trophy?.
你想过赢得奖杯吗？。
(常作 be potted)(Brit.)sit (a young child) on a chamber pot
(英)使（小孩）坐便盆
[no obj.]make articles from earthenware or baked clay
制陶
why not paint or pot in the sun this winter?.
何不于今冬在阳光下作作画或制制陶呢？。
encapsulate (an electrical component or circuit) in a liquid insulating material, typically a synthetic resin, which sets solid
把（电子元件，电路）密封于绝缘材料中

常用词组
for the pot

for food or cooking
食用
at the age of fifteen weeks the snails are ready for the pot.
15周大小时，这些蜗牛就可以食用了。

go to pot

(informal)deteriorate through neglect
(非正式)荒废
the foundry was allowed to go to pot in the seventies.
70年代时，该制造厂被荒置了。

the pot calling the kettle black

used to convey that the criticisms a person is aiming at someone else could equally well apply to themselves
罐子嫌锅黑；五十步笑百步

pot of gold

见 gold

pots of money

(informal)a very large amount of money
(非正式)一大笔钱

put someone's pot on

(Austral./NZ informal)inform on a person
(澳/新西兰，非正式)告密

shit (或 piss) or get off the pot

(vulgar slang)used to convey that someone should stop wasting time and get on with something
(粗俚)要么拉屎，要么让出马桶；别占着茅坑不拉屎

a watched pot never boils

(proverb)time seems to drag endlessly when you're waiting anxiously for something to happen
(谚)守着看壶壶不开

派生
potful
( pl. -fuls)
noun(pl. -fuls)
语源

late Old English pott, probably reinforced in Middle English by Old French pot; of unknown ultimate origin (compare with late Latin potus 'drinking cup'). Current senses of the verb date from the early 17th cent

pot²
noun

[mass noun](informal)cannabis
(非正式)大麻

语源

1930s: probably from Mexican Spanish potiguaya 'cannabis leaves'

pot³
noun

a shot aimed at someone or something; a potshot
瞄准…的射击；射击
(chiefly in rugby) an attempt to score a goal with a kick
（主要用于橄榄球）射门

(potted, potting)

[with obj.]score (a goal)
得分

语源

1950s: abbreviation of potshot

pot⁴
noun

short for potentiometer (in sense 2)
potentiometer（义项2）的简称

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