A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
N-COUNT
動蕩不安的局勢;危險(xiǎn)的局勢
If you describe a situation as a cauldron, you mean that it is unstable or dangerous.
例句
A thin veneer of law and order barely keeps the seething, bubbling cauldron of chaos and anarchy in check.表面上的幾條法令基本控制不住無政府混亂局面的湍流涌動。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
大鍋
Several men were thrown into a boiling cauldron.幾個(gè)人被扔進(jìn)滾水鍋中。They used the method of removing the burning brands from under the boiling cauldron.他們使用了釜底抽薪的辦法。