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外刊例句
- They gobble up 3.4m tonnes a year, a ladle a day for each person.
他们每年吞食340万吨，每人每天一汤勺。
——《经济学人》 - It was used to ladle incense onto fires and braziers at rites venerating the gods and the dead.
它被用来在祭祀神灵和死者的仪式上，将香料舀到火和火盆上。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[noun] a large long-handled spoon with a cup-shaped bowl, used for serving soup, stew, or sauce
[名词] 长柄勺
深入解读
Ladle 是一个日常经常用到的器具，主要指“长柄勺、汤勺”，即一种有着深碗状勺头的长柄大汤勺，用于盛汤、炖菜、酱汁等。
用作动词时， ladle 除了相应表示用长柄勺“盛、舀”外，还常用短语动词 ladle sth↔out 引申指“过分大量或慷慨地给予”金钱、建议、信息等，有时作贬义使用，比如：
- 那时候医生给患者使用大量的抗生素。
In those days doctors ladled out antibiotics to patients.
值得注意的是， ladle 中的字母 a 发 [eɪ] 音，不要想当然地误读成 [æ] 音。故此在《老友记》第5季第7集中，菲比以 ladle 谐音 later 开玩笑说过这样一句：You know what Larry would say? He'd say, "See you ladle."
名著用例
"Maybe she's got an Invisibility Cloak," said Harry, ladling chicken casserole onto his plate and splashing it everywhere in his anger.
“也许她有一件隐形衣。" 哈利说，一边用长柄勺把炖鸡汤舀进自己的盘子——他太气愤了，把汤洒得到处都是。
出自英国作家J·K·罗琳的奇幻小说《哈利·波特》系列的第四本《哈利·波特与火焰杯》（Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire）。
同近义词
- spoon: an implement consisting of a small, shallow oval or round bowl on a long handle, used for eating, stirring, and serving food
- scoop: a utensil resembling a spoon, with a short handle and a deep bowl, used for removing dry or semi-solid substances from a container
- dipper: a ladle or scoop
