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bone china
bone chinan. Porcelain made of clay mixed with bone ash.bone china n (Ceramics) porcelain containing bone ash bone′ chi′na
n. a fine, naturally white china made with bone ash. bone chinaPorcelain containing bone ash made in twentiethcentury UK, for high-qu ality tableware.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | bone china - fine porcelain that contains bone ashchina - high quality porcelain originally made only in China |
Translationsbone (bəun) noun1. the hard substance forming the skeleton of man, animals etc. Bone decays far more slowly than flesh. 骨質 骨质物2. a piece of this substance. She broke two of the bones in her foot. 骨頭 骨头 verb to take the bones out of (fish etc). 剔去...的骨 剔去...的骨ˈbony adjective1. like bone. a bony substance. 像骨的 象骨的2. full of bones. This fish is very bony. 多骨的 多骨的3. thin. bony fingers. 瘦骨如柴的 骨瘦如柴的bone china china in whose manufacture the ashes of burnt bones are used. 骨灰瓷器 骨灰瓷（用瓷土与磷酸钙烧成的半透明瓷器） bone idle very lazy. He could find a job but he's bone idle. 很懶，懶到極點 懒极的a bone of contention a cause of argument or quarrelling. Ownership of the boat was a bone of contention between the two men for many years. 爭論的原因 争论的原因have a bone to pick with (someone) to have something to argue about with (a person). 同某人爭論 同某人争论to the bone1. thoroughly and completely. I was chilled to the bone. 完全徹底 完全彻底2. to the minimum. I've cut my expenses to the bone. 到最低程度 到最低程度bone china
bone china, variety of porcelainporcelain
[Ital. porcellana], white, hard, permanent, nonporous pottery having translucence which is resonant when struck. Porcelain was first made by the Chinese to withstand the great heat generated in certain parts of their kilns.
..... Click the link for more information. developed by English potters in the last half of the 18th and early 19th cent. The clay is tempered with phosphate of lime or bone ash. This innovation greatly increased the strength of the porcelain during and after firing. Bibliography See B. and T. Hughes, English Porcelain and Bone China, 1743–1850 (1955); H. Peter and N. Schiffer, China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Century (1979). bone china porcelain containing bone ash MedicalSeebonebone china
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