potsherd
/pot-shurd/US // ˈpɒtˌʃɜrd //UK // (ˈpɒtˌʃɜːd) //
锅盖头,锅灶,锅碗瓢盆,锅盖
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
Examples
In like manner, the painting on the potsherd given above, is made with white clay, and with black clay containing coal.
This specimen was obtained from a small potsherd picked up near Washington, D.C.
The potsherd of the earth may strive with the potsherd, but woe to the man that strives with his Maker.
The piece of potsherd was covered with white enamel, described by Palissy as “singularly beautiful!”
The material on one only of the three hundred pieces of potsherd had melted, and it was taken out to cool.
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