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potter

verb
🔊/ˈpɒtə(r)/
🔊/ˈpɑːtər/
(British English)
(North American English putter)
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they potter
🔊/ˈpɒtə(r)/
🔊/ˈpɑːtər/
he / she / it potters
🔊/ˈpɒtəz/
🔊/ˈpɑːtərz/
past simple pottered
🔊/ˈpɒtəd/
🔊/ˈpɑːtərd/
past participle pottered
🔊/ˈpɒtəd/
🔊/ˈpɑːtərd/
-ing form pottering
🔊/ˈpɒtərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈpɑːtərɪŋ/
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  1. + adv./prep. to do things or move without hurrying, especially when you are doing something that you enjoy and that is not important悠然地做事，慢条斯理地做事（尤为喜欢的小事）
    • I spent the day pottering around the house.我在家里做做这、做做那，悠然自得地过了一天。🔊🔊
    Word Originverb mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘poke repeatedly’): frequentative of dialect pote ‘to push, kick, or poke’ of unknown origin.

potter

noun
🔊/ˈpɒtə(r)/
🔊/ˈpɑːtər/
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  1. a person who makes clay pots by hand陶工
    Word Originverb mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘poke repeatedly’): frequentative of dialect pote ‘to push, kick, or poke’ of unknown origin.