释义 |
ˈporcelain-clay The clay used in the manufacture of porcelain; china-clay, kaolin. Also fig.
1690Dryden Don Sebastian i. (1692) 7 This is the porcelain clay of humane kind. 1778Woulfe in Phil. Trans. LXIX. 20 Such were the porcellane clay from Cornwall, the procellane clay from Saxony. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. i. i, Pity⁓struck for the porcelain-clay of humanity rather than for the tile-clay. 1838Lyell Elem. Geol. ii. (1874) 12 The purest clay found in nature is ‘porcelain’ clay or Kaolin, which results from the decomposition of a rock composed of felspar and quartz. |