单词	porcelain
释义	porcelainporce‧lain /ˈpɔːslɪn $ ˈpɔːrsəlɪn/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINporcelain Origin: 1500-1600 French porcelaine, from Italian porcellana ‘type of shell, porcelain’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Firemen and villagers formed a chain to ferry furniture and porcelain to safety. Hand-painted porcelain plates and artistic presentations are visually charming here. I held my breath and examined the exquisite little porcelain feathers and the pink and white porcelain crab-apple blossoms. Instruments of torture feature somewhat incongruously alongside porcelain, glassware and fans owned by members of the imperial family. She had put two straight-backed chairs at a kitchen table with a white porcelain top. The porcelain industry, in which again much government money was sunk, was also a failure. The year was 1710, and Meissen porcelain is still being made to this day. word sets WORD SETS► Pottery & Ceramics ceramics, nounchina, nounclay, nounfire, verbglaze, verbglaze, nounkaolin, nounporcelain, nounpot, nounpotter, nounpotter's wheel, nounpottery, nounstoneware, nounterracotta, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► fine · Dinner is served at a candlelit table decked out in fine linen and porcelain.· She ripped her shirt from her jeans and her hands held Lucy's head like fine porcelain.· I prefer artwork, although I specialise in fine china and porcelain.· We have produced, over several centuries, some of the finest porcelain the world has ever seen.· She was small, delicate, like a goddess made of the finest porcelain.· Of note is the fine quality of porcelain and, of course, Bohemian cut glass.· Jenny took the society through all the processes before and after firing at high temperatures fine porcelain clay.· There are more than 500 works of art and furniture of all periods, including much fine porcelain. ► white · Black, spider-like chips have turned the white porcelain sink into mock Dalmation.· She had put two straight-backed chairs at a kitchen table with a white porcelain top.· She stole a white porcelain cup, edged with gold, which was standing on a table beneath the window.· In wooden niches sat large jars of white and yellow porcelain, clearly labeled to indicate their contents.· I held my breath and examined the exquisite little porcelain feathers and the pink and white porcelain crab-apple blossoms. 1a hard shiny white substance that is used for making expensive plates, cups etc → china:  a porcelain vase2plates, cups etc made of this → china
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