potter
英 ['p?t?]
美['pɑt?]
- n. 陶藝家，制陶工人
- vt. 閑混，虛度
- vi. 閑逛；慢條斯理地做事
- n. (Potter)人名；(英、荷、德、葡)波特
IELTSTOEFL中低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數:?potters;第三人稱單數:?potters;過去式:?pottered;過去分詞:?pottered;現(xiàn)在分詞:?pottering;
中文詞源
potter 陶工
來自pot,壺，罐子，陶器，-er,表施動。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay.
- 輪子一邊轉動，制陶工人一邊拉坯。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The story is told through the eyes of Inspector Simon Potter.
- 這個故事是從西蒙·波特巡官的視角講述的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Potter had argued that the government coerced him into pleading guilty.
- 波特辯稱是政府強迫他認罪的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. At weekends he would potter around the garden.
- 他周末會在花園里干些零碎活兒。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The potter carefully shaped the vase.
- 那個陶工精心地制作了這個花瓶.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》