名詞 porcelain:

1. ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic

1. I don't know enough about porcelain to be able to price these plates.
   我不太懂得瓷器，估計(jì)不出這些盤(pán)子的價(jià)錢(qián)。
2. If you evaporate a little sea water on a porcelain dish; on cooling, crystals of common salt will deposit on the sides of the dish.
   如果你將少許海水放到瓷盤(pán)中蒸發(fā)，冷卻后就會(huì)有普通食鹽的結(jié)晶附著在盤(pán)的四周。
3. The museum displays the specimen of ancient Chinese porcelain.
   這個(gè)博物館展出中國(guó)古瓷器標(biāo)本。
4. There is a porcelain figure on the table.
   桌子上有一個(gè)瓷像。

por.ce.lain

n.（名詞）
A hard, white, translucent ceramic made by firing a pure clay and then glazing it with variously colored fusible materials; china.
瓷：一種堅(jiān)硬的白色透明的陶瓷，其制法是將純陶土放在火中燒制，然后用各種顏色的易熔材料給其上釉；瓷
An object made of this substance.
瓷器：用瓷制成的物品
n.attributive.（定語(yǔ)名詞）
Often used to modify another noun:
常用來(lái)修飾另一個(gè)名詞：
例句：
porcelain teacups; a doll with a porcelain face.
瓷茶杯；瓷臉娃娃

來(lái)源：
French porcelaine [cowry shell, porcelain]
法語(yǔ) porcelaine [寶貝，貝殼，瓷]
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Old Italian porcellana [from feminine of] porcellano [of a young sow (from the shell`s resemblance to a pig`s back)]
源自 古意大利語(yǔ) porcellana [] 源自porcellano的陰性詞 [小母豬的]
from porcella [young sow] [diminutive of] porca [sow]
源自 porcella [小母豬] [] porca的小后綴 [母豬]
from Latin [feminine of] porcus [pig] * see porko-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) [] porcus的陰性詞 [豬] *參見(jiàn) porko-

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