potter

英 [ˈpɒtə(r)]

美 [ˈpɑːtər]

v.  从容做事; 欣然从事; 漫步; 闲荡
n.  陶工

复数：potters　现在分词：pottering　过去式：pottered　第三人称单数：potters　过去分词：pottered　

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Collins.2 / BNC.9074 / COCA.27631

短语动词

牛津词典

verb

• 从容做事；欣然从事；漫步；闲荡
  to do things or move without hurrying, especially when you are doing sth that you enjoy and that is not important
  1. I spent the day pottering around the house.
     我在家里逍遥了一天。

noun

• 陶工
  a person who makes clay pots by hand

柯林斯词典

• 陶工；制陶工人
  Apotteris someone who makes pottery.

英英释义

noun

• a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
  Synonym:throwerceramicistceramist

verb

• move around aimlessly
  Synonym:putterpotter aroundputter around
• do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
  1. The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house
  Synonym:puttermess aroundtinkermonkeymonkey aroundmuck aboutmuck around
• work lightly
  1. The old lady is pottering around in the garden
  Synonym:putter

双语例句

• A potter makes a pot, which breaks to pieces again.
  一个陶工铸造了陶器，又被打成了碎片。
• Here is William Potter with my newspaper.
  威廉波特拿着我的报纸来了。
• Potter and his bride walked sheepishly and with speed.
  波特和他的新娘羞怯而快步地走着。
• Potter had devised a system of mechanically searching these indexes.
  波特设计了一种机械查找索引的系统。
• That's not really your concern, is it, potter?
  那和你无关，对不对，波特？
• As the wheel turned, the potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.
  随着陶轮的转动，制陶工人缓慢挤压陶泥块，塑出优美的造型。
• Potter had argued that the government coerced him into pleading guilty
  波特辩称是政府强迫他认罪的。
• I'm in love with Luna and I won't let Potter steal her from me!
  我爱上了卢娜，我不会让波特从我这里偷走她！
• The potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.
  制陶工人把黏土块捏塑成优美的形状。
• He held a brush in his hand, and, with all his airy superiority gone, he brushed potter's new clothes as the latter slowly turned this way and that way.
  他手里拿着一把刷子，原先那傲慢的神气全不见了；他替波特刷身上的新衣，波特则缓缓地、时左时右地转动着身子。