| 单词 | bone china | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasbone china   bone china  n. and adj. chiefly U.S. in early use 		 (a) n. a type of fine, white, translucent ceramic produced by mixing china clay with bone-ash;		 (b) adj. made of this type of ceramic.This method of producing chinaware was developed commercially by the potter Josiah Spode at the end of the 18th cent.; its production remained strongly associated with Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire until the 20th cent. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > 			[noun]		 > porcelain > bone china bone porcelain1845 bone china1879 1879    Pottery & Glass Trades' Jrnl. Apr. 52/3  				The ware thus described is similar to English bone china in appearance. 1892    Milwaukee 		(Wisconsin)	 Jrnl. 24 Feb. 8/5 		(advt.)	  				Bone China Teas, pretty patterns, dainty designs. 1903    L. M. E. Solon Old Eng. Porcelain 220  				Josiah Spode..composed a new china body which..from the nature of its chief constituent..received the vulgar name of ‘Bone China’. 1975    Publishers Weekly 24 Feb. 114/1  				Tea from a bone china teapot. 2005    Brit. Life Jan. 7/1  				Fine bone china of this type represents the very best of the historic ceramic tradition of Stoke-on-Trent. < as lemmas  | 
	
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