kettle

bollitore

Recipiente o apparecchio elettrico usato per bollire acqua, soprattutto per preparare tè o caffè.

In inglese semplice: A container or electric appliance used to boil water, especially for making tea or coffee.

• Fill the kettle with water.
• I boiled the kettle to make tea.
• Has the kettle switched itself off?

Sinonimi: teakettle

Espressioni comuni: electric kettle, boil the kettle, fill the kettle

pentola, calderone

Grande recipiente, solitamente di metallo e con coperchio, per bollire liquidi o cuocere cibi.

In inglese semplice: A large pot, usually made of metal and with a lid, for boiling liquids or cooking food.

• The soup bubbled in the kettle.
• He cooked beans in a large iron kettle.
• They lifted the heavy kettle off the fire.

Sinonimi: pot, cauldron

Espressioni comuni: soup kettle, iron kettle, kettle of soup

conca glaciale

Avvallamento nel terreno, spesso lasciato dallo scioglimento di ghiaccio sepolto.

In inglese semplice: A hollow in the ground, often left when buried ice melts.

• Water collected in the kettle.
• A melting block of ice left this kettle.
• Several deep kettles formed across the glacial landscape.

Sinonimi: kettle hole, pothole

Espressioni comuni: kettle hole, kettle lake, glacial kettle

stormo di rapaci

Gruppo di falchi o uccelli simili che volano in cerchio insieme nell’aria calda che sale.

In inglese semplice: A group of hawks or similar birds circling together in rising warm air.

• A kettle of hawks circled overhead.
• We watched the kettle rise on warm air.
• Several kettles of migrating raptors passed above the valley.

Come si usa: kettle of hawks/raptors (A kettle of hawks rose above the hill.)

Espressioni comuni: kettle of hawks, kettle of raptors, soaring kettle

locomotiva a vapore

Macchina a vapore che traina le carrozze di un treno.

In inglese semplice: A steam engine that pulls railway carriages.

• The old kettle pulled into the station.
• Railway fans photographed the kettle beside the platform.
• Two kettles hauled the train up the hill.

Sinonimi: steam locomotive, steam engine

Espressioni comuni: old kettle, steam kettle, railway kettle

timpano

Grande tamburo dal corpo metallico arrotondato, suonato con bacchette in un’orchestra.

In inglese semplice: A large drum with a rounded metal body, played with sticks in an orchestra.

• The player struck the kettle.
• Two kettles stood at the back of the orchestra.
• He tuned each kettle before the concert began.

Sinonimi: kettledrum, timpani

Espressioni comuni: orchestral kettle, strike a kettle, tune a kettle