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amphora

/am-fer-uh/US // ˈæm fər ə //UK // (ˈæmfərə) //

双耳瓶,双耳瓶座,双耳听筒,双耳瓶装

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  1. 1

    plural am·pho·rae [am-fuh-ree], /ˈæm fəˌri/, am·pho·ras.Greek and Roman Antiquity.

    • : a large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base, with a pair of handles extending from immediately below the lip to the shoulder: used chiefly for oil, wine, etc., and, set on a foot, as a commemorative vase awarded the victors in contests such as the Panathenaic games.

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  • The arak is then rested for several months in locally made clay amphora—clay pots traditionally used for arak production in a region where oak was scarce.

  • Some of the blend spent some of that time in cement egg-shaped vessels and terra-cotta amphorae.

  • And by the time the last American troops pulled out in 2011, the Iraqi amphora might not have looked like new.

  • The first vase in the engraving on the following page, which is exactly the shape of the classic amphora, is over three feet high.

  • Two slaves carrying a great amphora hanging from a pole swung between their shoulders, stopped near them a moment to rest.

  • Flies buzzed about their heads in clouds; an amphora of water stood within their reach.

  • By this point the amphora was fastened into the soft earth, or the holes in the tap-room counters specially intended for them.

  • Here allusion is made to a hole in the stone floor designed to secure the amphora.