porcelain

名词 porcelain:

1. ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic

1. I don't know enough about porcelain to be able to price these plates.
   我不太懂得瓷器，估计不出这些盘子的价钱。
2. If you evaporate a little sea water on a porcelain dish; on cooling, crystals of common salt will deposit on the sides of the dish.
   如果你将少许海水放到瓷盘中蒸发，冷却后就会有普通食盐的结晶附着在盘的四周。
3. The museum displays the specimen of ancient Chinese porcelain.
   这个博物馆展出中国古瓷器标本。
4. There is a porcelain figure on the table.
   桌子上有一个瓷像。

por.ce.lain

n.（名词）
A hard, white, translucent ceramic made by firing a pure clay and then glazing it with variously colored fusible materials; china.
瓷：一种坚硬的白色透明的陶瓷，其制法是将纯陶土放在火中烧制，然后用各种颜色的易熔材料给其上釉；瓷
An object made of this substance.
瓷器：用瓷制成的物品
n.attributive.（定语名词）
Often used to modify another noun:
常用来修饰另一个名词：
例句：
porcelain teacups; a doll with a porcelain face.
瓷茶杯；瓷脸娃娃

来源：
French porcelaine [cowry shell, porcelain]
法语 porcelaine [宝贝，贝壳，瓷]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Old Italian porcellana [from feminine of] porcellano [of a young sow (from the shell`s resemblance to a pig`s back)]
源自 古意大利语 porcellana [] 源自porcellano的阴性词 [小母猪的]
from porcella [young sow] [diminutive of] porca [sow]
源自 porcella [小母猪] [] porca的小后缀 [母猪]
from Latin [feminine of] porcus [pig] * see porko-
源自 拉丁语 [] porcus的阴性词 [猪] *参见 porko-

【引伸】
por.cela.neous