A carafe is a glass jug with a wide neck, made for pouring drink at the table — usually water or wine. It is open or has only a simple stopper, so you can pour easily. Restaurants put a carafe of water on the table; some people pour wine into a carafe so it can breathe a little before you drink it.

A carafecarafe is a glass jug with a wide neck是一種寬口的玻璃壺 made for pouring drink at the table是設計來在餐桌上倒飲料用的 usually water or wine通常裝水或酒 It它 is open or has only a simple stopper是敞口的，或只有一個簡單的塞子 so you can pour easily所以很容易倒出來 Restaurants餐廳 put a carafe of water on the table會在桌上放一壺水 some people有些人 pour wine into a carafe會把酒倒進carafe裡 so it can breathe a little before you drink it讓酒在喝之前先醒一下

Though actually, it is not quite a bottle (a bottle is closed, often with a screw top or cork, and you store drink in it) and not quite a fancy decanter (a decanter is the heavy, often cut-glass pot people use when they want wine to look special). A carafe is the plain, wide-mouthed glass in the middle.

Though actually不過其實 it is not quite a bottle它不完全是bottle (a bottle is closed, often with a screw top or cork, and you store drink in it)（bottle是封口的，通常有旋蓋或軟木塞，是用來儲存飲料的） and not quite a fancy decanter也不完全是高級的decanter (a decanter is the heavy, often cut-glass pot people use when they want wine to look special)（decanter是那種厚重、常有雕花的酒壺，是想讓酒看起來特別時用的） A carafecarafe is the plain, wide-mouthed glass in the middle是介於中間、樸素的寬口玻璃壺

The word feels a bit French and a bit restaurant-like; at home many people just say jug.

The word這個字 feels a bit French and a bit restaurant-like聽起來有點法式、有點餐廳感 at home在家裡 many people just say jug很多人就直接說jug