单词 | porcelain |
释义 | porcelain n.   1. a hard vitrified translucent ceramic.   2. objects made of this. Phrases and idioms porcelain clay kaolin. porcelain-shell cowrie. Derivatives porcellaneous adj. porcellanous adj. Etymology: F porcelaine cowrie, porcelain f. It. porcellana f. porcella dimin. of porca sow (a cowrie being perh. likened to a sow's vulva) f. L porca fem. of porcus pig |
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