a container with a lid, a handle and a spout, used for boiling water （燒水用的）壺，水壺 
an electric kettle 電水壺 - (British English)
I'll put the kettle on (= start boiling some water) and make some tea. 我要燒壺水沏茶。 I'll just boil the kettle. 我這就去把水燒上。 She made herself a sandwich while she waited for the kettle to boil. 她在等水燒開的時候給自己做了一個三明治。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- electric
- fill
- plug in
- put on
- …
- boil
- sing
- whistle
- …
Word OriginOld English cetel, cietel, of Germanic origin, based on Latin catillus, diminutive of catinus ‘deep container for cooking or serving food’. In Middle English the word's form was influenced by Old Norse ketill.
Idioms
a different kettle of fish
- (informal)
a completely different situation or person from the one previously mentioned 另一碼事；截然不同的人
the pot calling the kettle black
- (saying, informal)
used to say that you should not criticize somebody for a fault that you have yourself 鍋笑壺黑；五十步笑百步；烏鴉說豬黑