potter

英 [ˈpɒtə(r)]

美 [ˈpɑːtər]

v.  从容做事; 欣然从事; 漫步; 闲荡
n.  陶工

复数：potters　现在分词：pottering　过去式：pottered　第三人称单数：potters　过去分词：pottered　

TOEFL

Collins.2 / BNC.9074 / COCA.27631

短语动词

牛津词典

verb

• 从容做事；欣然从事；漫步；闲荡
  to do things or move without hurrying, especially when you are doing sth that you enjoy and that is not important
  1. I spent the day pottering around the house.
     我在家里逍遥了一天。

noun

• 陶工
  a person who makes clay pots by hand

柯林斯词典

• 陶工；制陶工人
  Apotteris someone who makes pottery.

英英释义

noun

• a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
  Synonym:throwerceramicistceramist

verb

• move around aimlessly
  Synonym:putterpotter aroundputter around
• do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
  1. The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house
  Synonym:puttermess aroundtinkermonkeymonkey aroundmuck aboutmuck around
• work lightly
  1. The old lady is pottering around in the garden
  Synonym:putter

双语例句

• The potter's wheel was still, the loom empty, the stove cold. No voice ever sang.
  陶工的转盘停了，织布机空了，火炉冷了。没有一丝声音响起。
• After all, they have grown up in the world of cyber games and Harry Potter.
  毕竟，他们生活在一个充满网络游戏和哈利波特的世界里。
• Potter had argued that the government coerced him into pleading guilty
  波特辩称是政府强迫他认罪的。
• I do feel a need to say to people that I am capable of more than Harry Potter.
  我确实感觉需要对人我能够超过哈利波特说话。
• The story is told through the eyes of Inspector Simon Potter.
  这个故事是从西蒙·波特巡官的视角讲述的。
• Potter had devised a system of mechanically searching these indexes.
  波特设计了一种机械查找索引的系统。
• Daniel: you can sell your Harry Potter to me for cash.
  丹尼尔：你可以把你的《哈利.波特》卖给我，我给你钱。
• I knew my brother, Potter.
  我了解我的哥哥，波特。
• You get away from this school, Potter, and out of the country if you can.
  波特，你赶快离开这所学校，如果可能的话，离开这个国家。
• As the wheel turned, the potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.
  随着陶轮的转动，制陶工人缓慢挤压陶泥块，塑出优美的造型。