Definition of hot-water bottle in English:
hot-water bottle
(US hot-water bag)
noun ˌhɒtˈwɔːtə ˌbɒt(ə)lˌhɑt ˈwɔdər ˌbɑdl
A flat, oblong container, typically made of rubber, that is filled with hot water and used for warmth, especially for warming a bed.
热水袋
Example sentencesExamples
- Early in 1929, Dorothy accidentally burned Jane with a hot-water bottle.
- Use a hot-water bottle, or warm a sock filled with grain or flaxseed heated to a comfortably warm temperature in the microwave or oven.
- Exhausted by my travels, and comforted by a hot-water bottle found unexpectedly in my bed, I have overslept.
- We're warm now, and hot-water bottles are no more.
- From time to time, someone would bring me a hot-water bottle.