potter
英 ['pɒtə]
美 ['pɑtɚ]
- n. 陶艺家，制陶工人
- vt. 闲混，虚度
- vi. 闲逛；慢条斯理地做事
- n. (Potter)人名；(英、荷、德、葡)波特
中文词源
potter 陶工来自pot,壶，罐子，陶器，-er,表施动。
英文词源
- potter
- potter: see put
- potter (n.)
- "maker of pots" (they also sometimes doubled as bell-founders), late Old English pottere "potter," reinforced by Old French potier "potter," both from the root of pot (n.1). As a surname from late 12c. Potter's field (1520s) is Biblical, a ground where clay suitable for pottery was dug, later purchased by high priests of Jerusalem as a burying ground for strangers, criminals, and the poor (Matt. xxvii:7). An older Old English word for "potter" was crocwyrhta "crock-wright."
- potter (v.)
- "occupy oneself in a trifling way," 1740, earlier "to poke again and again" (1520s), frequentative of obsolete verb poten "to push, poke," from Old English potian "to push" (see put (v.)). Related: Pottered; pottering.
双语例句
- 1. As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay.
- 轮子一边转动，制陶工人一边拉坯。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The story is told through the eyes of Inspector Simon Potter.
- 这个故事是从西蒙·波特巡官的视角讲述的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Potter had argued that the government coerced him into pleading guilty.
- 波特辩称是政府强迫他认罪的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. At weekends he would potter around the garden.
- 他周末会在花园里干些零碎活儿。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The potter carefully shaped the vase.
- 那个陶工精心地制作了这个花瓶.
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