A stockpot is the big deep pot you make stock in — stock being the tasty water you get from slowly boiling bones, meat, or vegetables, which then goes into soup and sauces. The shape has a reason: it is tall rather than wide, so the water sits deep over the bones and does not boil away too fast during the long, slow cooking.

A stockpotstockpot（高湯鍋） is the big deep pot you make stock in是拿來熬高湯的又大又深的鍋子 — stock being the tasty water you get from slowly boiling bones, meat, or vegetables高湯就是慢慢熬骨頭、肉或蔬菜熬出來的美味湯水, which then goes into soup and sauces之後會拿去做湯或醬汁. The shape has a reason這個形狀是有理由的: it is tall rather than wide它是高而不是寬, so the water sits deep over the bones水才能深深蓋過骨頭 and does not boil away too fast during the long, slow cooking長時間慢煮時才不會太快滾乾.

Because it is the biggest pot in most kitchens, people also use it for anything large — boiling noodles for a crowd, making jam, cooking a whole chicken. A cook may say 'put it in the stockpot' meaning the scraps go in to make stock, so the word can stand for the stock-making itself.

Because it is the biggest pot in most kitchens因為它是大多數廚房裡最大的鍋子, people also use it for anything large大家也拿它煮任何份量大的東西 — boiling noodles for a crowd, making jam, cooking a whole chicken煮一大鍋麵、做果醬、煮一整隻雞. A cook may say 'put it in the stockpot'廚師可能會說『丟進stockpot』 meaning the scraps go in to make stock意思是把邊角料丟進去熬高湯, so the word can stand for the stock-making itself所以這個字也可以代表「熬高湯」這件事本身.

In old kitchens a stockpot sat on the stove all day and never really emptied; every day's bones and vegetable ends went in. That picture gives the word a warm, thrifty feeling, and you sometimes hear people use it that way about ideas — a place where odd leftover things go and something useful comes out.

In old kitchens a stockpot sat on the stove all day以前的廚房裡stockpot整天都放在爐子上 and never really emptied幾乎沒有真正空過; every day's bones and vegetable ends went in每天的骨頭和菜尾都丟進去. That picture gives the word a warm, thrifty feeling這個畫面讓這個字帶著溫暖、節儉的味道, and you sometimes hear people use it that way about ideas你有時候會聽到有人這樣用它來講想法 — a place where odd leftover things go and something useful comes out零零碎碎的東西丟進去，最後變出有用的東西.