a large long-handled spoon with a cup-shaped bowl, used for serving soup, stew, or sauce 长柄勺 ■a vessel for transporting molten metal in a foundry 冶勺,钢铁水包
verb
[with obj. and adverbial]serve (soup, stew, or sauce) with a ladle 用长柄勺舀(汤,炖菜或酱汁) she ladled out onion soup. 她用长柄勺舀出洋葱汤。 he was ladling out his personal philosophy of life. 他正在大谈特谈个人生活哲学。 ■transfer (liquid) from one receptacle to another 将(液体)倒换容器 he ladled the water into an empty bucket. 他把水倒入空桶。
派生 ladleful ( pl. -fuls) noun(pl. -fuls) ladler noun 语源