vat

/væt/ (bre, ipa) · [vˈæt] /væt/ (ame, ipa) · [vˈæt] /ˈvat/ (ame, mw)

vat — noun

  • vatsingular
  • vatsplural

1. a very large container for keeping, mixing, or soaking liquids, often during ind

1.名詞B2
釋義

a very large container for keeping, mixing, or soaking liquids, often during industrial work

例句

Workers poured the warm dye into a vat behind the workshop.

pour something into a vat

Aylin checked the vat of soap before the machine started.

a vat of + liquid

同義詞
  • tank

    often more fixed, closed, or machine-like than a vat

  • tub

    more everyday and usually smaller than a vat

  • vessel

    a broader and more formal word for a container

文法句型

a vat of + liquid

pour something into a vat

用法筆記

Often used for large open containers in factories, breweries, and other processing work. A vat is usually much bigger than an ordinary tub or bucket.

常見錯誤

❌They stored the milk in a small vat on the table.
✅They stored the milk in a small tub on the table.
💡vat usually suggests a very large container, often in industrial work.

2. a tax added to goods and services as they are sold, especially in Britain and ma

2.名詞B2
釋義

a tax added to goods and services as they are sold, especially in Britain and many European countries

例句

The menu price already includes VAT, so no extra tax is added.

include VAT in a price

Small shops must charge VAT on many online orders.

charge VAT on + goods

同義詞

文法句型

include VAT

charge VAT on + goods

pay VAT

用法筆記

This sense is usually written VAT in capital letters. It is especially common in British and European pricing, tax forms, and business talk.

常見錯誤

❌We paid a VAT for the meal.
✅We paid VAT on the meal.
💡VAT is normally treated as a general tax, not as one separate countable item.

vat — verb