porcelain
porcelain 英 [ˈpɔ:səlɪn] 美 [ˈpɔrsəlɪn]
n. 瓷；瓷器
名词复数:porcelains
- Your mom's favorite white china plates are probably made out of porcelain. Porcelain is a nearly translucent ceramic material used to make plates, bowls, and cups.
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- n. 瓷；瓷器
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1. a porcelain figure
瓷像
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2. porcelain clay
瓷土
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3. ancient porcelain
古瓷
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4. A porcelain sink cleans easily.
瓷水槽容易弄干净。
- porcelain (n.) 1530s, from Middle French porcelaine and directly from Italian porcellana "porcelain" (13c.), literally "cowrie shell," the chinaware so called from resemblance of its lustrous transparency to the shiny surface of the shells. The shell's name in Italian is from porcella "young sow," fem. of Latin porcellus "young pig," diminutive of porculus "piglet," diminutive of porcus "pig" (from PIE root *porko- "young pig"). According to an old theory, the connection of the shell and the pig is a perceived resemblance of the shell opening to the exposed outer genitalia of pigs.
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