pot /pɒt/ CET4 TEM4 ( potting, potted, pots )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A pot is a deep round container used for cooking stews, soups, and other food. (深而圆的)锅

  例：

  ...metal cooking pots.

  …金属烹饪锅。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT You can use pot to refer to the pot and its contents, or to the contents only. (一)锅; (一)锅之物

  例：

  He was stirring a pot of soup.

  他当时在搅一锅汤。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A pot of coffee or tea is an amount of it contained in a pot. (一)壶

  例：

  He spilt a pot of coffee.

  他洒了一壶咖啡。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT You can use pot to refer to a coffeepot or teapot. (咖啡、茶)壶

  例：

  There's tea in the pot.

  壶里有茶。

• 5. 

  N-UNCOUNT Pot is sometimes used to refer to the drug marijuana or the cannabis plant. 大麻 [非正式]

  例：

  I started smoking pot when I was about eleven.

  我大约十一岁的时候开始吸大麻。

• 6. 

  N-SING In a card game, the pot is the money from all the players which the winner of the game will take as a prize. (纸牌游戏一局的) 赌注总额 ['the' N]

• 7. 

  V-T If you pot a young plant, or part of a plant, you put it into a container filled with soil, so it can grow there. 将…装盆

  例：

  Pot the cuttings individually.

  将这些剪枝一个个的装盆。

• 8. 

  potted ADJ 盆栽的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...potted plants.

  …盆栽植物。

• 9. 

  N a deep hole or pothole 深洞; 壶穴 [SCOTTISH] [DIALECT]

• 10. 

  N (capital when part of a name) (作为名字部分时大写字母)

  例：

  Pen-y-Ghent Pot

• 11. 

  N potentiometer的缩写 [非正式] → short for potentiometer

• 12. 

  → see also melting pot