(Brit. archaic)a small punnet or carton for strawberries or other fruit (英,古)小柳条水果篮 ■(NZ)a small cardboard or plastic container of food (新西兰)(硬纸或塑料制)小食物器皿;食物盒 a pottle of apricot yogurt. 一小盒杏子酸奶。
(archaic)a measure for liquids equal to a half gallon (古)波特尔(半加仑的液量) ■a pot or container holding this 一波特尔容量的壶(容器)
语源
Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French potel 'little pot', dimunitive of pot