A tureen is a big deep dish with a lid, brought to the table with soup in it so that people can serve themselves. It usually has two handles and often sits on a matching plate underneath, and it comes out for a proper meal — a family dinner at New Year, a set menu in a Western restaurant — not for everyday eating.

A tureenTureen is是 a big deep dish with a lid一個附蓋子的大深盤， brought to the table with soup in it裡面裝著湯端上桌， so that好讓 people can serve themselves大家自己盛湯。It它 usually has two handles通常有兩個把手 and often sits on a matching plate underneath而且常常放在一個配套的底盤上， and而且 it comes out for a proper meal只有在正式的一餐才會拿出來——a family dinner at New Year像過年的家族聚餐、a set menu in a Western restaurant或西式餐廳的套餐——not不是 for everyday eating日常吃飯會用的東西。

Some are used for vegetables or stew rather than soup, but soup is the main one, and you will often see the fuller phrase 'soup tureen'. The word feels a little old-fashioned and formal, because the thing itself is: many people's only tureen is a nice one inherited from a grandmother and kept in a cupboard.

Some有些 are used for vegetables or stew rather than soup是用來裝蔬菜或燉菜而不是湯， but不過 soup is the main one湯還是主要的用途，and而且 you will often see the fuller phrase你也常會看到完整一點的說法 'soup tureen''soup tureen'。The word這個字 feels a little old-fashioned and formal聽起來有點老派、正式，because因為 the thing itself is這個東西本身就是這樣：many people's only tureen很多人家裡唯一一個tureen is a nice one就是從祖母那裡傳下來的好東西， inherited from a grandmother傳承自祖母 and而且 kept in a cupboard放在櫃子裡收著。

It is not a cooking pot — you would not put a tureen on the stove. It is for the table.

It is它不是 not a cooking pot一個煮菜的鍋子——you would not put你不會把 a tureen一個tureen on the stove放在爐子上。It is它是 for the table給餐桌用的東西。