a hard, white, shiny substance made by baking clay and used for making delicate cups, plates and other objects; objects that are made of this 瓷;瓷器 a porcelain figure 瓷像 a collection of oriental porcelain 东方瓷器收藏 The design is copied from Japanese porcelains of the fourteenth century. 这个设计是从14世纪的日本瓷器上复制下来的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fine
- white
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- piece
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Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French porcelaine, from Italian porcellana ‘cowrie shell’, hence ‘chinaware’ (from its resemblance to the dense polished shells).