potter

• n. 陶芸家、陶芸家
• vt.ぼんやりする、時間を無駄にする
• ゆっくりと几帳面に物事を行う。
• n. （ポッター）人の名前；（英、蘭、独、ポルトガル）ポーター

pot、壺、土器、-er、鋳造する、から。

potter

potter: see put

potter (n.)

"maker of pots" (they also sometimes doubled as bell-founders), late Old English pottere "potter," reinforced by Old French potier "potter," both from the root of pot (n.1). As a surname from late 12c. Potter's field (1520s) is Biblical, a ground where clay suitable for pottery was dug, later purchased by high priests of Jerusalem as a burying ground for strangers, criminals, and the poor (Matt. xxvii:7). An older Old English word for "potter" was crocwyrhta "crock-wright."

potter (v.)

"occupy oneself in a trifling way," 1740, earlier "to poke again and again" (1520s), frequentative of obsolete verb poten "to push, poke," from Old English potian "to push" (see put (v.)). Related: Pottered; pottering.

1. As the wheel turned，the potter shaped the clay.

ホイールを回転させながら、製陶作業者はブランクを引く。

2.The story is told through the eyes of Inspector Simon Potter .

この物語はサイモン?ポッター巡官の視点から語られている。

3. Potter had argued that the government coerced him into pleading guilty.

ポッターは政府が自白を強要したと弁明した。

4.At weekends he would potter around the garden.

彼は週末には庭でこまごました仕事をしています。

5.The potter carefully shaped the vase.

その陶工はこの花瓶を丁寧に作った。