单词 | eggshell china |
释义 | > as lemmaseggshell china b. attributive, chiefly similative. eggshell china: a porcelain ware of extreme thinness and delicacy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile > very eggshell china1835 1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. xlv. 52 We..stepping into an egg-shell caique, crossed the Golden Horn. 1860 R. W. Emerson Considerations in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 238 We come out of our eggshell existence. 1861 C. P. Hodgson Resid. Japan 31 Fragile and sweetly pretty little egg-shell porcelain cups. 1887 Times 11 Aug. 13/2 The egg-shell sides of the Mercury. < as lemmas |
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