hotplate

/ˈhɒtpleɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhɑːtpleɪt/ (ame, ipa)

hotplate — noun

  • hotplatesingular
  • hotplatesplural

1. a small movable device with one or two heated rings that you place pans on to wa

1.名詞B2
釋義

a small movable device with one or two heated rings that you place pans on to warm or cook food

例句

Linh kept a small hotplate by the window for boiling water and noodles.

collocation: a small hotplate

Camping students often bring a portable hotplate to cook hot meals in the tent.

collocation: portable hotplate

同義詞
  • portable stove

    broader term; covers gas camping stoves as well as electric hotplates

  • burner

    American English; can mean a portable unit but also one ring on a larger cooker

文法句型

cook on a hotplate

use a hotplate

用法筆記

Subject is usually a person living without a full kitchen — students, campers, hotel guests, lab workers. Distinguish from sense 2: this sense names the whole appliance, not just a single heated ring on a cooker.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a new hotplate for my kitchen oven.
✅I bought a new hotplate for my small dorm room.
💡a hotplate replaces an oven for people without one; you don't add it to an existing oven.

2. one of the round flat metal areas on top of an electric cooker that becomes hot

2.名詞B2
釋義

one of the round flat metal areas on top of an electric cooker that becomes hot when switched on, used to cook pans of food

例句

Theo turned the front hotplate to its highest setting before adding the oil.

collocation: turn the hotplate to [setting]

Be careful — the back hotplate stays red for several minutes after you switch it off.

pattern: warning about residual heat

同義詞
  • ring

    common British English word for the same part on a cooker top

  • burner

    American English equivalent; covers gas flames as well as electric metal plates

  • element

    technical word for the heating component inside the metal disc

文法句型

turn on the hotplate

place [pan] on the hotplate

用法筆記

Refers to one specific round area on a cooker top, not the whole cooker. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is a part, not a standalone appliance. Common British English term; American English often uses 'burner' or 'element'.

常見錯誤

❌She bought a four-hotplate cooker.
✅She bought a four-ring cooker.
💡in British English you usually say 'ring' when counting the heated areas built into a cooker.