| 词汇 | potsherd |
| 释义 | potsherd noun[ C ] uk /ˈpɒt.ʃɜːd/ us /ˈpɑːt.ʃɜ˞ːd/ a broken piece of an object made of baked clay, especially one found by an archaeologist (= someone who studies the buildings, graves, objects, etc. of people who lived in the past): （尤指有考古价值的）陶器碎片 The pots were compared with samples of potsherds dug from ancient Pueblo Indian sites.把这些壶与从古普韦布洛印第安人遗址中挖出的陶罐样本进行了比较。 kgfoto/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Words meaning small pieces and amounts by a noseidiom clipping crumb dab of something dash dollop grain ort paring peewee pinch ray skinny spark thimbleful tidbit tiddler titbit tittle trace Examples of potsherdpotsherd He had to handle potsherds to know how things fit in the grand scheme of things. Of some 40 to 50 such test pits, we only found abundant potsherds in five. There were also large quantities of potsherds without traces of fire damage, as well as a number of spindle whorls, a loom weight and a whetstone. Grindstones were discovered at all three sites, and there are numerous potsherds with organic remains, presumably the result of mishaps in cooking millet and sorghum, adhering to their inner surfaces. While those flint flakes and potsherds are found somewhere - in a rubbish pit or a posthole or a ditch - this object had arrived alone in the post. A sherd or potsherd that has been used by having writing painted or inscribed on it can be more precisely referred to as an ostracon. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are potsherds and obsidian flakes strewn on the surface of the ground. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Potsherds were often used for correspondence in place of the less durable papyrus; occasionally the recipient wrote the answer on the back of the potsherd. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These, though, are merely fragments and potsherds, all dug up on the villages southeastern outskirts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Numerous potsherds and many small fire pits are interpreted as evidence of ceremonies connected with processing the bodies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Several potsherds of urns deposited in the interior were discovered. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The inspiration for many designs used on their pottery were found on old potsherds gathered to use for temper. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Some of the incisions on the potsherds bear some apparent resemblance to letter shapes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The most peculiar find during this excavation was a large amount of quartz pebbles (usually found alongside concentrated areas of potsherds). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Two test pits yielded a large of number of potsherds in distinct strata. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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