| 单词 | porcelain |
| 释义 | porcelain From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishPottery & ceramicsporcelainporce‧lain /ˈpɔːslɪn $ ˈpɔːrsəlɪn/ noun [uncountable]1 TIPa hard shiny white substance that is used for making expensive plates, cups etc → chinaa porcelain vase2 DFUplates, cups etc made of this → chinaExamples from the Corpusporcelain• Firemen and villagers formed a chain to ferry furniture and porcelain to safety.• I held my breath and examined the exquisite little porcelain feathers and the pink and white porcelain crab-apple blossoms.• The year was 1710, and Meissen porcelain is still being made to this day.• Hand-painted porcelain plates and artistic presentations are visually charming here.• The porcelain industry, in which again much government money was sunk, was also a failure.• She had put two straight-backed chairs at a kitchen table with a white porcelain top.Origin porcelain (1500-1600) French porcelaine, from Italian porcellana “type of shell, porcelain” |
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