| 单词 | tea-dust |
| 释义 | > as lemmastea-dust tea-dust n. tea of inferior quality, often made from leaves broken in the course of production; also used attributively to designate a dark green or brownish (often speckled) glaze on Chinese pottery (see quot. 1897), esp. used on decorative ware [translating Chinese chá yè mò tea-leaf dust] . ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > forms of dry tea brick tea1789 tile-tea1858 tablet tea1890 tea-dust1897 tip1897 tea-brick1962 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [adjective] > glazed > types of ceramic or pottery glaze stanniferous1823 raw1825 flambé1886 tea-dust1897 monastic1909 tin-enamelled1933 starved1964 1897 S. W. Bushell Oriental Ceramic Art vii. 264 One of the best-known glazes..is the Ch'a-yeh-mo, or ‘Tea-dust’ glaze, produced by the insufflation of green enamel upon a yellowish-brown ground, which owes its color to iron. The combination produces a peculiarly soft tint of greenish tone, which was highly prized in the reign of Ch'ien-lung. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Suppl., Tea-dust. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. iv. [Calypso] 56 Through the open doorway the bar squirted out whiffs of ginger, teadust, biscuitmush. 1945 W. B. Honey Ceramic Art of China 145 The ‘iron-rust’ and greenish ‘tea-dust’ glazes..are usually of Ch'ien Lung date. 1979 P. Nihalani et al. Indian & Brit. Eng. i. 175 Good quality tea packaged in the form of leaf and known as ‘leaf tea’, and an inferior variety, comparatively inexpensive, called tea-dust. 1980 Catal. Fine Chinese Ceramics (Sotheby, Hong Kong) 84 A massive tea-dust bowl..with a finely speckled deep olive-green glaze,..the base covered in an ochre-yellow glaze. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。