potsherd

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɒt.ʃɜːd/    美 /ˈpɑt.ʃəɹd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site. often
    — But this madde Amalecke, / Lyke to a Mamelek, / He regardeth lordes / No more than potshordes; […]

词形变化

potsherds plural potshard alternative pot-sherd alternative

词源

From Middle English pot-sherd, pot-schord, pot scherd, pot scarth, from Middle English pot, pote, potte (“a container, pot, vessel; especially an earthenware vessel”) (from late Old English pot, pott (“a pot”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel”)) + Middle English sherd (“piece of fired clay or broken earthenware; potsherd”) (from Old English sceard (“a shard, sherd”), from Proto-Germanic *skardą (“a nick, notch”)); equivalent to pot + sherd (“shard”).
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