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pottery

noun
🔊/ˈpɒtəri/
🔊/ˈpɑːtəri/
(plural potteries)
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  1. [uncountable] pots, dishes, etc. made with clay that are baked in an oven, especially when they are made by hand陶器（尤指手工制的）
    • Roman pottery罗马时期的陶器
    • a piece of pottery一件陶制品
    • fragments of Iron Age pottery铁器时代陶器的碎片
    • the kilns in which the pottery is fired烧制陶器的窑
    Topics Hobbiesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • glazed
    • fine
    … of pottery
    • fragment
    • piece
    • shard
    • …
    verb + pottery
    • make
    • manufacture
    • produce
    • …
    pottery + noun
    • kiln
    See full entry
  2. [uncountable] the clay that some dishes and pots are made of陶土
    • a jug made of blue-glazed pottery一把蓝釉陶壶
    • a pottery casserole dish陶锅
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • glazed
    • fine
    … of pottery
    • fragment
    • piece
    • shard
    • …
    verb + pottery
    • make
    • manufacture
    • produce
    • …
    pottery + noun
    • kiln
    See full entry
  3. [uncountable] the skill of making pots and dishes from clay, especially by hand制陶手艺；制陶技艺
    • a pottery class陶艺班
    Topics Artc1
  4. [countable] a place where clay pots and dishes are made 制陶作坊；陶窑；陶器工厂
    5. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French poterie, from potier ‘a potter’.