potter's wheel

英 [ˌpɒtəz ˈwiːl]

美 [ˌpɑːtərz ˈwiːl]

n.  陶钧(制陶用的转轮)

化学

牛津词典

noun

• 陶钧（制陶用的转轮）
  a piece of equipment with a flat disc that goes around, on which potters put wet clay in order to shape it into pots

柯林斯词典

• （制陶用的）陶钧，陶轮，拉坯轮
  Apotter's wheelis a piece of equipment with a flat disc which spins round, on which a potter puts soft clay in order to shape it into a pot.

英英释义

noun

• a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter
  1. the potter's wheel was invented in Asia Minor around 6500 BC

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