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porcelain n.瓷；瓷器 porcelain (n.) 1530s, from Middle French porcelaine and directly from Italian porcellana "porcelain" (13c.), literally "cowrie shell," the chinaware so called from resemblance of its lustrous transparency to the shiny surface of the shells. The shell's name in Italian is from porcella "young sow," fem. of Latin porcellus "young pig," diminutive of porculus "piglet," diminutive of porcus "pig" (see pork (n.)). According to an old theory, the connection of the shell and the pig is a perceived resemblance of the shell opening to the exposed outer genitalia of pigs.porcelain is china & china is p.; there is no recondite difference between the two things, which indeed are not two, but one; & the difference between the two words is merely that china is the homely term, while porcelain is exotic & literary. [Fowler] 【记】p 不 + force + lain(lie 过去分词，平放), 平放时不要用力，里面是瓷器

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['pɔ:slin] 【考】 clay : porcelain / flax : linen(瓷器由黏土造成/亚 麻布由亚麻造成)glaze: porcelain / varnish : wood(釉面保护瓷器/清漆 保护木头) n. 瓷, 瓷器(一种坚硬白色透明的陶瓷, 是将纯陶土放在火中烧, 然后用各种颜色的易熔材料给其上釉) = china【记】读: 破碎了－瓷器容易破碎【类】clay: porcelain = flax: linen黏土造成瓷器 = 亚麻造成亚麻布glaze: porcelain = varnish: wood = veneer: furniture釉面保护瓷器 = 清漆保护木头 = 饰面保护家具

单词	porcelain
音标	['pɔ:slin]
解释	n.瓷；瓷器
红宝书	【考】 clay : porcelain / flax : linen(瓷器由黏土造成/亚麻布由亚麻造成)glaze: porcelain / varnish : wood(釉面保护瓷器/清漆保护木头)
字源	porcelain (n.) 1530s, from Middle French porcelaine and directly from Italian porcellana "porcelain" (13c.), literally "cowrie shell," the chinaware so called from resemblance of its lustrous transparency to the shiny surface of the shells. The shell's name in Italian is from porcella "young sow," fem. of Latin porcellus "young pig," diminutive of porculus "piglet," diminutive of porcus "pig" (see pork (n.)). According to an old theory, the connection of the shell and the pig is a perceived resemblance of the shell opening to the exposed outer genitalia of pigs. porcelain is china & china is p.; there is no recondite difference between the two things, which indeed are not two, but one; & the difference between the two words is merely that china is the homely term, while porcelain is exotic & literary. [Fowler]
不择手段背单词	n. 瓷, 瓷器(一种坚硬白色透明的陶瓷, 是将纯陶土放在火中烧, 然后用各种颜色的易熔材料给其上釉) = china 【记】读: 破碎了－瓷器容易破碎【类】clay: porcelain = flax: linen黏土造成瓷器 = 亚麻造成亚麻布glaze: porcelain = varnish: wood = veneer: furniture釉面保护瓷器 = 清漆保护木头 = 饰面保护家具
趣味全助记	【记】p 不 + force + lain(lie 过去分词，平放), 平放时不要用力，里面是瓷器

Porcelain China Italian Resemblance Young Diminutive Shell Difference