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 books have also inspired countless Potter paraphernalia, including candy, cakes, capes and toys.
  这套书还创造了无数的哈利·波特随身用品，其中包括糖果、蛋糕、魔法斗篷和玩具等。
• In a small village, there lived a potter. He had a donkey.
  在一个小村庄里住着一位陶工，他养了一头驴。
• I'm not Harry Potter but I found the solution!
  我不是哈利波特，但我找到了解决办法！
• Potter had argued that the government coerced him into pleading guilty
  波特辩称是政府强迫他认罪的。
• A potter makes a pot, which breaks to pieces again.
  一个陶工铸造了陶器，又被打成了碎片。
• Here is William Potter with my newspaper.
  威廉波特拿着我的报纸来了。
• 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。
• Maybe Potter crashed and was hurt.
  也有可能是波特掉了下来受了伤。
• Daniel Radcliffe ( Harry Potter) has featured on this poster alongside William Shakespeare and Winston Churchill.
  丹尼尔（哈利波特）也出现在海报上，竟与威廉·莎士比亚和温斯顿·邱吉尔比肩。
• As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay
  轮子一边转动，制陶工人一边拉坯。