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单词 delft
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delft1

noundɛlftdɛlft
mass noun
  • English or Dutch tin-glazed earthenware, typically decorated by hand in blue on a white background.

    as modifier walls covered with delft tiles
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The delft industry grew in Southwark, and by 1640 there were some forty potters working there, many of them Dutch immigrants.
    • Other British politicians are commemorated on excavated English delft punch bowls, including some found at Philipsburg Manor in New York that are inscribed ‘Pitt & Liberty.’
    • Each wall is painted in a different color, such as fuchsia, delft blue or bright orange.
    • The body is hand painted in polychrome enamels in the Bristol delft style and decorated with a figure of a Chinese gentleman beckoning to a distant flock of birds (estimate €1,500 - €2,000).
    • Related scenes ornament archaeological fragments of two delft chamber pots and a small punch bowl from sites in New Castle, Delaware.

Derivatives

  • delftware

  • nounˈdɛlftwɛːˈdɛlftˌwɛ(ə)r
    mass noun
    • English or Dutch tin-glazed earthenware, typically decorated by hand in blue on a white background.

      a rich collection of English delftware
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I'm now ready to tackle a temporary exhibition about the city's most famous export - the blue and white hand-painted pottery known as delftware.
      • Although light in weight and less prone to chipping than delftware, this new refined earthenware was still not as durable as white salt-glazed stoneware.
      • Also available is a wide selection of English delftware, pottery, brass and early needlework, and fine English country furniture.

Origin

Late 17th century (originally Delf ware): see Delft, where the pottery originated.

Delft2

proper noundɛlftdɛlft
  • A town in the Netherlands, in the province of South Holland; population 96,168 (2008). The home of the painters Pieter de Hooch and Jan Vermeer, it is noted for its pottery.

Origin

Originally Delf, from Dutch delf 'ditch', still the name of the town's main canal.

 
 

delft1

noundɛlftdelft
  • English or Dutch tin-glazed earthenware, typically decorated by hand in blue on a white background.

    as modifier walls covered with delft tiles
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The body is hand painted in polychrome enamels in the Bristol delft style and decorated with a figure of a Chinese gentleman beckoning to a distant flock of birds (estimate €1,500 - €2,000).
    • Other British politicians are commemorated on excavated English delft punch bowls, including some found at Philipsburg Manor in New York that are inscribed ‘Pitt & Liberty.’
    • Related scenes ornament archaeological fragments of two delft chamber pots and a small punch bowl from sites in New Castle, Delaware.
    • Each wall is painted in a different color, such as fuchsia, delft blue or bright orange.
    • The delft industry grew in Southwark, and by 1640 there were some forty potters working there, many of them Dutch immigrants.

Origin

Late 17th century (originally Delf ware): see Delft, where the pottery originated.

Delft2

proper noundɛlftdelft
  • A town in the Netherlands, in the province of South Holland; population 96,168 (2008). The home of painters Pieter de Hooch and Jan Vermeer, it also is noted for its pottery.

Origin

Originally Delf, from Dutch delf ‘ditch’, still the name of the town's main canal.

 
 
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