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potter's wheel (machine used by a potter) noun [UK: ˈpɑː.tərz ˈwiːl̩] [US: ˈpɑː.tərz ˈhwiːl̩] | 陶鈞noun 陶钧 /táojūn/noun |
pottery [potteries] (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) noun [UK: ˈpɒ.tə.ri] [US: ˈpɑː.tə.ri] | 瓦器 /wǎqì/noun 陶器 /táoqì/noun |
pottery [potteries] (practise or craft of making pottery) noun [UK: ˈpɒ.tə.ri] [US: ˈpɑː.tə.ri] | 陶器製造noun |
pottery [potteries] (workshop where pottery is made) noun [UK: ˈpɒ.tə.ri] [US: ˈpɑː.tə.ri] | 製陶作坊noun |
potto (small primate) noun [UK: ˈpɒ.təʊ] [US: ˈpɑːto.ʊ] | 樹熊猴noun |
a leopard cannot change its spots (one cannot change one's own nature) phrase [UK: ə ˈle.pəd ˈkæn.ɒt tʃeɪndʒ ɪts spɒts] [US: ə ˈle.pərd ˈkæn.ɑːt ˈtʃeɪndʒ ˈɪts ˈspɑːts] | )phrase běnxìng nán yí/phrase 江山易改,本性难移 /jiāngshān yì gǎiphrase 江山易改,本性難移phrase 牛牵到北京还是牛 /niú qiān dào Běijīng háishì niú/phrase 牛牽到北京還是牛phrase |
a watched pot never boils (a process appears to go more slowly if one waits for it) phrase | 心急吃不了热豆腐 /xīnjí chībuliǎo rè dòufu/phrase 心急吃不了熱豆腐phrase |
action potential [action potentials] (electrical potential) noun [UK: ˈæk.ʃn̩ pə.ˈten.ʃl̩] [US: ˈæk.ʃn̩ pə.ˈten.ʃl̩] | 動作電位noun |
apothem (the distance from the center of a polygon to a side) noun [UK: əpˈɒθəm] [US: əpˈɑːθəm] | 边心距 /biānxīnjù/noun 邊心距noun |
baked potato (potato that has been baked) noun [UK: beɪkt pə.ˈteɪ.təʊ] [US: ˈbeɪkt pə.ˈteɪˌto.ʊ] | 烤土豆 /kǎotǔdòu/noun 烤馬鈴薯noun |
bald spot (area on the head which has little or no hair) noun | 地中海 /dìzhōnghǎi/noun 禿斑noun 秃斑 /tūbān/noun |
blind spot [blind spots] (place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina) noun [UK: blaɪnd spɒt] [US: ˈblaɪnd ˈspɑːt] | 盲点 /mángdiǎn/noun 盲點noun |
chamber pot (a container used for urination and defecation, see also: urinal; chemical toilet) noun [UK: ˈtʃeɪm.bə(r) pɒt] [US: ˈtʃeɪm.bər ˈpɑːt] | 便壶 /biànhú/noun 便壺noun 夜壶 /yèhú/noun 夜壺noun 尿壶 /niàohú/noun 尿壺noun 尿盆 /niàopén/noun 馬桶noun |