/'pɒtərɪ; `pɑtərɪ/
n
1 [U] earthenware pots, etc made by hand 陶器
*a valuable collection of Japanese pottery 一批珍贵的日本陶器收藏品.
2 [U] craft of making pots, esp by hand 陶器制造术（尤指手工业）
*She is learning pottery. 她在学习制陶技术.
* [attrib 作定语] a pottery class 制陶技术学习班.
3 [C] place where pottery is made; potter's workshop 陶器制造厂; 陶器作坊.
4 the Potteries [pl] district in Staffordshire, the centre of the English pottery industry 波特里斯（英国斯塔福德郡之一区, 为陶器工业中心）. =>illus at App
1 见附录1插图, pages xiv, xv.

npluralpotteries
[U]
objects made out of baked clay
　Native American pottery
[U]
clay that has been shaped and baked in order to make pots, dishes etc
　a pottery bowl
[U]
the activity of making pots, dishes etc out of clay
　a pottery class
[C]
a factory where pottery objects are made