potter
potter — 動詞
1. to spend time walking slowly or doing little jobs because you feel relaxed and a
閒逛；做小事
悠閒走動或慢慢做零星小事
to spend time walking slowly or doing little jobs because you feel relaxed and are not in a hurry.
After breakfast, Nora pottered around the garden, tying up tomato plants.
吃完早餐後，Nora 在花園裡閒晃，順手把番茄枝綁好。
pattern: potter around + place
On rainy Sundays, Dad potters in the shed and fixes loose handles.
下雨的星期天，爸爸會在小工棚裡慢慢做些小修理。
small practical jobs in a relaxed setting
Visitors pottered about the market, tasting peaches and looking at cups.
遊客們在市集裡四處閒逛，一邊試吃桃子，一邊看杯子。
Instead of rushing home, Lina pottered by the river before dinner.
Lina 沒有急著回家，而是在河邊慢慢晃到晚餐前。
文法句型
potter about/around + place
potter in/by + place
用法筆記
Usually has no direct object and often appears with about or around plus a place. In American English, putter is the closer everyday equivalent.
常見錯誤
potter — 名詞
1. someone whose job is to shape clay into pots, bowls, and similar things, often o
陶工
製作陶器的人
someone whose job is to shape clay into pots, bowls, and similar things, often on a wheel before they are fired.
The village potter shaped a deep blue bowl on the wheel.
村裡的陶工在轉輪上塑出一只深藍色的碗。
collocation: village potter
At the fair, children watched the potter lift a wet vase.
在市集上，孩子們看著那名陶工托起一個濕潤的花瓶。
typical action: shaping clay by hand
Mina trained as a potter after leaving her office job.
Mina 離開辦公室工作後，開始接受陶藝訓練，想成為陶工。
The potter fired the cups overnight, then painted them at dawn.
那名陶工把杯子燒了一整夜，天亮時再上色。
- ceramist
more formal and broader, covering artists and designers working in fired clay
- pottery maker
plain descriptive phrase that explains the job clearly
- craftsperson
much broader, since it can describe many kinds of skilled makers
文法句型
work as a potter
train as a potter
用法筆記
Often suggests a hands-on craft worker making useful clay objects such as bowls, cups, and plates. More formal words like ceramist can also include studio artists whose work is less focused on everyday vessels.
常見錯誤
2. a slow walk with no fixed plan, taken so you can look around and enjoy a place.
閒逛
慢慢隨意走一走
a slow walk with no fixed plan, taken so you can look around and enjoy a place.
After lunch, we went for a potter along the harbour.
午飯後，我們沿著港邊去閒逛了一下。
pattern: go for a potter
Ben had a quiet potter round the bookshop before meeting Emma.
Ben 在和 Emma 見面前，先安靜地在書店裡閒逛了一圈。
pattern: have a potter round + place
Before supper, we had a potter round the old market in York.
晚餐前，我們先在 York 的老市場裡慢慢逛了一圈。
The couple took a potter around the museum garden after tea.
那對夫妻喝完茶後，在博物館花園裡慢慢逛了一圈。
- march
suggests direct, purposeful movement rather than a relaxed walk
文法句型
go for a potter
have a potter round/around
take a potter through + place
用法筆記
Usually appears in patterns such as go for a potter or have a potter round a place. Distinguish from verb sense 1, which describes the activity itself rather than one particular walk.