ladle

ladle
noun
  1. 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
  1. [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
  1. Old English hlǣdel, from hladan (see lade)
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