kettleとは

発音

• enPR: kĕt'(ə)l, IPA^(key): /ˈkɛtl̩/
• (dated, regional 米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪtl̩/^[1]
• 韻: -ɛtəl

語源 1

From Middle English ketel, also chetel, from Old Norse ketill and 古期英語 ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”), both from Proto-Germanic *katilaz (“kettle, bucket, vessel”), of uncertain origin and formation. Usually regarded as a borrowing of Late Latin catīllus (“small bowl”), diminutive of Latin catinus (“deep bowl, vessel for cooking up または serving food”), however, the word may be Germanic confused with the Latin: compare Old High German chezzi (“a kettle, dish, bowl”), 古期英語 cete (“cooking pot”), Icelandic kati, ketla (“a small boat”). Cognate with West Frisian tsjettel (“kettle”), Dutch ketel (“kettle”), German Kessel (“kettle”), Swedish kittel (“cauldron”), Swedish kittel (“kettle”), Gothic ������������ (katils, “kettle”), Finnish kattila. Compare also Russian котёл (kotjól, “boiler, cauldron”).^[2]

名詞

kettle (複数形 kettles)

1. A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.

   To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.

   There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.

2. The quantity held by a kettle.
3. (Britain) A vessel for boiling water for tea; a teakettle.

   Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.

4. (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
5. (ornithology, collective) A collective term for a group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
   • 2006, Keith L. Bildstein, Migrating Raptors of the World: Their Ecology & Conservation - Page 76:

     The term kettle refers to a group of raptors wheeling or circling in a thermal.

   • 2010, Jean-Luc E. Cartron, Raptors of New Mexico:

     Kettles can consist of thousands of birds migrating together.

6. (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive
7. (music) A kettledrum.
8. An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.

使用する際の注意点

In most varieties of English outside the United States (英国用法, Irish, 豪州用法, New Zealand, Canadian), if not specified otherwise, kettle usually refers to a vessel for boiling the water for tea.

派生語

• kettle of fish
• teakettle or tea kettle

動詞

kettle (三人称単数 現在形 kettles, 現在分詞 kettling, 過去形および過去分詞形 kettled)

1. (Britain, of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
   • 2009, John O'Connor, G20: The upside of kettling, The Guardian [1]:

     […] to contain demonstrators for hours in a confined spot. This tactic, known as kettling, is seen by some as an attempt to prevent people lawfully demonstrating.

参考

• Kettle (birds) on Wikipedia.

名詞

kettle (複数形 kettles)

1. Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”)

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