utensil

noun
🔊/juːˈtensl/
🔊/juːˈtensl/
(formal)
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  1. a tool that is used in the house(家庭)用具,器皿;家什
    • cooking/kitchen utensils炊具;厨房用具
    • a new set of cooking utensils一套新的炊具
    • Wash your hands and all cooking utensils after preparing raw meat.处理过生肉后要洗手并清洁所有的炊具。
    Topics Cooking and eatingc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUtensil is used after these nouns:
    • kitchen
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    Word Originlate Middle English (denoting domestic implements or vessels collectively): from Old French utensile, from medieval Latin, neuter of Latin utensilis ‘usable’, from uti ‘to use’.