potter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɒtə/    美 /ˈpɑtɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
    — shoemakers, weavers, potters, bronzeworkers who produced and purveyed the articles necessary for daily life.
  2. One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.
  3. One who pots meats or other eatables.
  4. One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
    — the convivial society of gipsies, tinkers, potters, strolling players, &c.
  5. The red-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys rubriventris (species of turtle).
  6. The chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia.
动词 v.
  1. To act in a vague or unmotivated way; to fuss about with unimportant things. UK
  2. To move slowly or aimlessly. (Often potter about, potter around.) UK
    — He’s so dreamy and absent-minded. He potters about the garden all the time.
  3. To poke repeatedly. obsolete

词形变化

potters plural potters present,singular,third-person pottering participle,present pottered participle,past pottered past putter alternative pouter alternative pudder alternative pother alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
potteress Potter Heigham potter's clay potter's field pottersfield potter's rot potter's wheel potter wasp pottery pottress potter about potter around potterer potteringly

词源

词源 1
From Middle English pottere, from Old English pottere (“potter”, in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *pottārī (“pot-maker”), equivalent to pot + -er. Influenced by Anglo-Norman poter, Old French potier (“potter”). Cognate with Dutch potter (“potter”), German Low German Pötter, Pütter (“potter”). Displaced Old English synonyms lāmwyrhta (“a worker in clay, potter”, literally “loam-worker”), tiġelwyrhta (“brickmaker, potter”, literally “tile-worker”), crocwyrhta (“crocker, potter”, literally “crock-worker”).
词源 2
Frequentative of pote, equivalent to pote + -er. Cognate with Dutch poteren, peuteren (“to poke, pry, search”).
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