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terra cotta

/ter-uh-kot-uh/US // ˈtɛr əˈkɒt ə //UK // (ˌtɛrəˈkɒtə) //

赤土,陶土,赤土城,兵马俑

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a hard, fired clay, brownish-red in color when unglazed, that is used for architectural ornaments and facings, structural units, pottery, and as a material for sculpture.
    • : something made of terracotta.
    • : a brownish-orange color like that of unglazed terracotta.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : made of or having the color of terracotta.

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Examples

  • Buy Chord Antique Brass Log Holder at CB2, $nullThese candles stand up on their own and come in earthy fall-esque shades like terracotta, moss, and sand.

  • He went so far as to have rivers of mercury set up in his tomb, along with his famous thousand-soldier strong Terracotta Army.

  • The Daily Pic: China's terracotta army was built for fighting, not for looking at.

  • The terracotta panels along the entrance front, over the principal floor windows, were designed by Mr. Boehm himself.

  • Originally it had been a villa residence—a red-brick villa, covered with creepers and crowned with terracotta dragons.

  • I must not omit to mention that the small red shafts in the arcade below the belfry seem to be made of terracotta.

  • There are long and short ones, high and low ones, all pierced with little windows that are closed with a terracotta shutter.

  • The most remarkable feature of these oldest ruins is the superiority of the terracotta articles.