[mass noun]pots, dishes, and other articles made of earthenware or baked clay. Pottery can be broadly divided into earthenware, porcelain, and stoneware 陶器 ■the craft or profession of making such ware 制陶工艺;制陶业 courses include drawing, painting, and pottery. 课程包括素描、油画和制陶工艺。 ■[count noun]a factory or workshop where such ware is made 陶器工厂;陶器作坊 ■(the Potteries)the area around Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, where the English pottery industry is based 陶瓷之都(斯塔福德郡特伦河畔斯托克市周边地区,为英国陶瓷工业基地)
语源
Middle English: from Old French poterie, from potier 'a potter'