pot
英 [pɒt]
美[pɑt]
- n. 壶；盆；罐
- vt. 把…装罐；射击；节略
- vi. 随手射击
- n. (Pot)人名；(柬)布特；(捷)波特；(法)波
词组搭配
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
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