1 a round container that is used for cooking food in （用于煮食的）锅
2 a container that you use for a particular purpose 罐；壶；盆；瓶: a flowerpot花盆a pot of paint一罐油漆
3 the amount that a pot contains 一罐，一壶（的量）: We drank two pots of tea.我们喝了两壶茶。
pot²
/pɒt ||; pɑt/verb [T] (potting;potted)
1 to put a plant into a pot filled with soil 把（植物）栽种于花盆内
2 to hit a ball into one of the pockets in the table in the game of POOL, BILLIARDS or SNOOKER （玩落袋台球时）击（球）入袋: He potted the black ball into the corner pocket.他把黑球击入角上的袋中。