porcelain

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n. 瓷器, 瓷 a. 瓷制的

发音

UK /ˈpɔːsəlɪn/
其它
US /ˈpɔɹs(ə)lɪn/
US /ˈpɔɹs(ə)lən/
NZ /ˈpoːs(ɘ)lɘn/

词形变化

porcelains 复数 porcelains porcelained porcelaining porcelains 三单 porcelaining 现在分词 porcelained 过去式 porcelained 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

瓷；瓷器

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.

    瓷器

    瓷

    幼瓷仔

    磁器

    不可数 可数

    Tableware and toilets are both made of porcelain.

  2. 2.

    Synonym of china: porcelain tableware.

    不可数 可数

    iij. potts of Erthe payntid, callyd Porseland.

    He set the table with our porcelain and stemware.

  3. 3.

    Synonym of kaolin: the kind of clay traditionally used in China to manufacture porcelain.

    废旧 不可数 可数
  4. 4.

    An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.

    瓷器

    可数 不可数

    The museum has an extensive collection of rare Chinese porcelains.

  5. 5.

    Synonym of cowrie.

    可数 罕用 不可数
  6. 6.

    Synonym of wampum: strings of shells, beads, etc. used as ornamentation or currency; the composite shells, beads, etc.

    可数 历史 废旧 不可数
  7. 7.

    A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To coat with a porcelain enamel.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

ceramicware

下位词 1

china

相关短语

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词源

From Middle French porcelaine (“cowrie, wampum; china, chinaware”), from Old Italian porcellana (“cowrie; china, chinaware”), from porcella (“female piglet”) + -ana. The material was so called because of its resemblance to the shell of the cowrie. Why the cowrie was named with a word meaning “piglet” is unclear.

来源：wiktionary