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Cauldron Bubbling Pot Fire Witches Conjuring Root N Count

英语单词 cauldron
英美音标 英 ['kɔːldrən] 美 ['kɔːldrən]
中文释义 n.大锅;大汽锅
=caldron.
英语例句 (1) He ran over to a neighbour's house to borrow a cauldron.
(2) Everyone crowded around a huge cauldron of boiling sap.
(3) Soon, the sea is a bubbling cauldron of milky white foam and spray.
中文例句 (1) 他匆匆到邻居家去借一口大锅。
(2) 大家都围挤在一个熬枫浆的大锅旁。
(3) 很快,那片海就像个充满乳白色泡泡和浪花的大气锅。
vocabulary简明 A cauldron is a big pot used over an open fire. You may picture the witches in Shakespeare's "Macbeth" hovering over a cauldron of "Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog" — yum!
vocabulary扩展 The cauldron, while conjuring up images of — well, conjuring — actually came from the Latin root calidus, meaning "hot." We can see this root in other Latin-based languages, including the Spanish caliente and Italian caldo. In English, the word became cauldron — a creepy name for a very useful pot.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](小说及童话故事中巫师用以施符咒的)大锅 A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
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    [N-COUNT 可数名词]动荡不安的局势;危险的局势 If you describe a situation as a cauldron, you mean that it is unstable or dangerous.
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      [JOURNALISM 新闻]
    • A thin veneer of law and order barely keeps the seething, bubbling cauldron of chaos and anarchy in check.

      表面上的几条法令基本控制不住无政府混乱局面的湍流涌动。

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