释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pot•ter1 /ˈpɑtɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- one who makes pottery.
pot•ter2 /ˈpɑtɚ/USA pronunciation v. - potter around, [no object] to putter;
to perform unimportant tasks.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pot•ter1 (pot′ər),USA pronunciation n. - a person who makes pottery.
- bef. 1100; Middle English; late Old English pottere. See pot1, -er1
pot•ter2 (pot′ər),USA pronunciation v.i., n. [Chiefly Brit.]- British Termsputter1.
- frequentative of obsolete, dialect, dialectal pote to push, poke, Middle English poten, Old English potian to push, thrust. See put, -er6 1520–30
pot′ter•er, n. pot′ter•ing•ly, adv. Pot•ter (pot′ər),USA pronunciation n. Be•a•trix (bē′ə triks),USA pronunciation 1866–1943, English writer and illustrator of children's books.- Biographical Paul, 1625–54, Dutch painter.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: potter /ˈpɒtə/ n - a person who makes pottery
potter /ˈpɒtə/, esp US Canadian putter chiefly Brit vb - (intr; often followed by about or around) to busy oneself in a desultory though agreeable manner
- (intr; often followed by along or about) to move with little energy or direction: to potter about town
- (transitive) usually followed by away: to waste (time): to potter the day away
n - the act of pottering
Etymology: 16th Century (in the sense: to poke repeatedly): from Old English potian to thrust; see putˈpotterer, esp US Canadian ˈputterer WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024put•ter1 /ˈpʌtɚ/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner:puttering around the house.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] pot•ter /ˈpɑtɚ/USA pronunciation put•ter•er, n. [countable]putt•er2 /ˈpʌtɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Sporta golf club used in putting.
- Sporta person who putts a golf ball.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ai•ken (ā′kən),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Conrad (Potter), 1889–1973, U.S. poet.
- Place Namesa city in SW South Carolina. 14,978.
- a male given name.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024put•ter1 (put′ər),USA pronunciation v.i. - to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner:to putter in the garden.
- to move or go in a specified manner with ineffective action or little energy or purpose:to putter about the house on a rainy day.
- to move or go slowly or aimlessly;
loiter. - putter away, to spend or fill in a random, inconsequential, or unproductive way;
fritter away; waste:We puttered the morning away. n. - puttering or ineffective action;
dawdling. Also,[esp. Brit.,] potter. - variant of potter2 1875–80
put′ter•er, n. put′ter•ing•ly, adv. putt•er2 (put′ər),USA pronunciation n. [Golf.]- Sporta person who putts.
- Sporta club with a relatively short, stiff shaft and a wooden or iron head, used in putting.
put•ter3 (pŏŏt′ər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that puts.
- Sport[Track.]a shot-putter.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Potter /ˈpɒtə/ n - (Helen) Beatrix. 1866–1943, British author and illustrator of children's animal stories, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902)
- Dennis (Christopher George). 1935–94, British dramatist. His TV plays include Pennies from Heaven (1978), The Singing Detective (1986), and Blackeyes (1989)
- Paulus. 1625–54, Dutch painter, esp of animals
- Stephen. 1900–70, British humorist and critic. Among his best-known works are Gamesmanship (1947) and One-Upmanship (1952), on the art of achieving superiority over others
|