| 单词 | porcelain |
| 释义 | Word Frequency porcelain(ˈpɔːslɪn, -leɪn, ˈpɔːsə-) noun 1. a more or less translucent ceramic material, the principal ingredients being kaolin and petuntse (hard paste) or other clays, ground glassy substances, soapstone, bone ash, etc 2. an object made of this or such objects collectively 3. (modifier) of, relating to, or made from this material a porcelain cup Derived forms porcellaneous (ˌpɔːsəˈleɪnɪəs) adjective Word origin C16: from French porcelaine, from Italian porcellana cowrie shell, porcelain (from its shell-like finish), literally: relating to a sow (from the resemblance between a cowrie shell and a sow's vulva), from porcella little sow, from porca sow, from Latin; see pork |
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