单词	terracotta
释义	terracottater‧ra‧cot‧ta, terra cotta /ˌterəˈkɒtə◂ $ -ˈkɑː-/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINterra cotta Origin: 1700-1800 Italian ‘baked earth’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A pleasant feature of the boardroom is the open terrace, overlooking the concourse, with its terracotta tiled floor. Apply cream blusher in a soft terracotta shade, or powder first, then apply a powder blusher in glowing earthy tone. Dalgliesh could glimpse what was obviously her herb garden planted in elegant terracotta pots carefully disposed to catch the sun. Decorative rope-top edgings in terracotta contain the borders and ball-topped corner posts add an extra finishing touch. Next door, Frank Dobson's modelled terracotta study for Pax is set beside the work of five other portrait painters. Several small terracotta birds were found with goddess idols in a shrine at Agia Triadha. She came to the dining-room first, a vast, almost medieval room with heavy furniture set on terracotta floor tiles. The walls are all a warm, pale terracotta. 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 CORPUSNOUN► pot · Parsley seedlings can be grown in terracotta pots and placed on a patio, or they can be planted outside.· He was standing beneath a house with a painted balcony, bright red geraniums trailing from a terracotta pot on the ledge.· HAND-MADE, frost-proof and beautiful - Brannam Pottery's Terrachino terracotta pot.· We stock an attractive range of terracotta pots which complement the herbs very well. 1hard reddish-brown baked clay:  a terracotta pot2a brownish red colour—terracotta adjective
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