pottery

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pot·ter·y /ˈpɒtəri $ ˈpɑː-/ noun (plural potteries)

1 [uncountableU]TIP objects made out of baked clay 陶器

Native American pottery

美洲印第安人的陶器

2 [uncountableU] clay that has been shaped and baked in order to make pots, dishes etc 陶

a pottery bowl

陶碗

3 [uncountableU]TIP the activity of making pots, dishes etc out of clay 制陶，陶艺

a pottery class

陶艺班

→4 See picture of 见图 HANDICRAFT

4. [countableC]TIPTIF a factory where pottery objects are made 陶瓷厂；陶器工厂；制陶作坊

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pottery• Through past study a broadly accepted relative chronology for Beaker pottery had been developed.• experts in pottery• American Indian pottery• Examination of pottery scatters might help in this, and in some ways we can consider pieces of pottery as documentary references.• They appear over and over again, on pottery and statues.• Money in the drapes, and in the pottery that had a shelf to itself by the wide, dark wood staircase.• When the siblings realized that the pottery was to be used in pagan rituals, they smashed the entire stock to pieces.• This has been due to the lack of understanding of the origins of this pottery.• Roofs were made of thatch, or covered with pottery tiles which the Romans were the first to make in Britain.

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