英语词汇“amphora”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

An amphora is an ancient jar with a long neck and two handles. Some are small like wine bottles, but others are as big as grown men. All of them have oval bodies, skinny necks, and two handles.

The amphora was used in ancient Greece and Rome as a type of container for wine or oil. People don’t use them for wine or oil anymore, but you might find a decorative amphora in a fancy house, although you’d most likely see one in an ancient art exhibit at a museum. You can detect the meaning of this word in its two Greek roots, since amph means "on both sides" and phor means "to carry."

WORD FAMILY

amphora: amphorae, amphoras

USAGE EXAMPLES

They are sometimes aged in clay containers called amphorae or qvevri, the way wines were made in biblical times.

Washington Post(Nov 05, 2016)

A diver measures a Samian amphora from the oldest of the 45 wrecks discovered so far.

National Geographic(Jul 11, 2016)

Fermentation tanks did not arrive at the new winery in time, and barrels only the next March, so the wine began its life in amphorae.

Washington Post(Jul 01, 2016)

n an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine

Hyper

jar

a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles

单词	amphora
释义	amphora (once / 26863 pages) n An amphora is an ancient jar with a long neck and two handles. Some are small like wine bottles, but others are as big as grown men. All of them have oval bodies, skinny necks, and two handles. The amphora was used in ancient Greece and Rome as a type of container for wine or oil. People don’t use them for wine or oil anymore, but you might find a decorative amphora in a fancy house, although you’d most likely see one in an ancient art exhibit at a museum. You can detect the meaning of this word in its two Greek roots, since amph means "on both sides" and phor means "to carry." WORD FAMILY amphora: amphorae, amphoras USAGE EXAMPLES They are sometimes aged in clay containers called amphorae or qvevri, the way wines were made in biblical times. Washington Post(Nov 05, 2016) A diver measures a Samian amphora from the oldest of the 45 wrecks discovered so far. National Geographic(Jul 11, 2016) Fermentation tanks did not arrive at the new winery in time, and barrels only the next March, so the wine began its life in amphorae. Washington Post(Jul 01, 2016) n an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine Hyper jar a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles
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