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terracotta [noun]
terracotta 作定语修饰名词时用单数形式。
The garden is full of terracotta pots.
花园里摆满了赤陶花盆。
赤陶；赤土
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赤陶；赤土
a hard reddish-brown clay used for making pottery and building materials
The garden is full of terracotta pots.
花园里摆满了赤陶花盆。
一种坚硬的红褐色无釉陶器,用于制陶和建筑。
A hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction.
类似赤陶的红褐色。
A reddish brown colour, like that of terra cotta.
The new flowerpots on the balcony are made of terracotta.
阳台上的新花盆是赤陶做的。
I bought a terracotta bowl at the street market last Saturday.
我上周六在街市买了一个赤陶碗。
The museum has a room full of ancient terracottas.
博物馆有一间展室，摆满了古代赤陶器。
terracotta 作定语修饰名词时用单数形式。
The garden is full of terracotta pots.
花园里摆满了赤陶花盆。
表示材料时 terracotta 通常作不可数名词。
The statue is made of terracotta.
这座雕像是用赤陶土做的。
这里 terracotta 指赤褐色，作颜色名使用。
The walls were painted in a warm shade of terracotta.
墙壁被刷成了一种温暖的赤褐色。
Not this
The museum has many terracotta from ancient China.
Use this
The museum has many terracottas from ancient China.
terracotta 表示赤陶器、陶俑等具体物件时是可数名词，复数形式为 terracottas；many 后面必须使用复数名词，不能把它当作不可数的陶土材料来用。
Not this
The statue was made by terracotta.
Use this
The statue was made of terracotta.
表示“由某种材料制成”要用 made of/from + 材料，而介词 by 用来引出动作的执行者，不能用来表示材料；中文“用陶土制成”中的“用”容易被误译成 by。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
兵马俑
We visited the terracotta warriors in Xi'an.
我们在西安参观了兵马俑。
赤陶花盆
She grows herbs in terracotta pots.
她在赤陶花盆里种香草。
赤陶瓦
The house has terracotta tiles on the roof.
这栋房子的屋顶铺着赤陶瓦。
赤褐色
I love the terracotta color of these walls.
我喜欢这些墙壁的赤褐色。
赤陶瓦屋顶
The villa has a terracotta roof.
这座别墅的屋顶是赤陶瓦的。
兵马俑是世界第八大奇迹。
When I visited Xi'an, our guide said that the Terracotta Army is the eighth wonder of the world.
我去西安参观时，导游说兵马俑是世界第八大奇迹。
Use terracotta naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
terra像土地，cotta谐音“烤它”，联想“烤过的红土”就是赤陶，颜色赤褐。
语域：neutral 常见场景：建筑材料与装饰、陶器与雕塑、颜色描述 terracotta 表示赤陶或赤褐色，在日常和书面语中都较常见，属于中性表达；通常用于建筑、陶器和颜色描述等场合。
给定音标 /ˌterəˈkɔtə/ 的末尾是 /kɔtə/，没有常用英语词与之完全押韵。下面这些词拼写或读音相近，但声音不同：lotta /ˈlɒtə/ 元音不同；grotto /ˈɡrɒtəʊ/ 和 motto /ˈmɒtəʊ/ 末尾是 /əʊ/；quota /ˈkwəʊtə/ 重读元音也不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.