| 单词 |
rolwagen |
| 释义 |
rolwagen|ˈrəʊlwægən|
Also rollwagon, rolwaggon, row-waggon, etc.
[a. Du. rolwagen, lit. ‘roll-wagon’.]
A kind of Chinese cylindrical porcelain vase, or a Dutch imitation of this (see quot. 1960).
[1675: cf. roll-wagon.] 1761H. Walpole Let. 13 June (1928) II. 119 Don't trouble yourself about Delft—nay, I am now afraid you should get any, lest you should pack it up in an old china jar, and really find a meaning for that strange auctioneers word, a rowwaggon. 1786Catal. Portland Museum 19 A 2-handled jar, and 2 row waggons. 1895Rimbault & Clinch Soho & its Associations ii. 35, 1 pair of blew china rowlwaggons. 1954T. Volker Porcelain & E. India Co. v. 20 Two carrack flasks, one broken, 15, two small rolwagens. Ibid. [Note] Rolwagen is a name still in use in the porcelain trade in Holland, denoting a cylindrical vase, usually with a flat lip. 1957Apollo June 251/1 ‘Rollwaggon’ (or however you care to spell it) is still used of the cylindrical-bodied vases of the type frequently found in Transitional and K'ang Hsi blue-and-white. 1960R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Continental Pott. & Porc. 383/2 Rol-wagens, corrupted in English to row-waggons, roll-wagons, the name given to cylindrical vases found in K'ang Hsi blue-and-white. |
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