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earthen ware n.〔集合詞〕陶器。

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And tho it was a very ugly clumsy thing , when it was done , and only burnt red like other earthen ware , yet as it was hard and firm , and would draw the smoke , i was exceedingly comforted with it , for i had been always used to smoke , and there were pipes in the ship , but i forgot them at first , not knowing that there was tobacco in the island ; and afterwards , when i search d the ship again , i could not come at any pipes at all 盡管我做出來的這只煙斗又粗劣又難看,并且燒得和別的陶器一樣紅,可是卻堅實耐用,煙管也抽得通。這對于我是個莫大的安慰,因為我有的是煙葉。當時,船上雖然也有幾只煙斗,但我起初忘了帶下來,不知道島上也長有煙葉后來再到船上去找,卻一只也找不到了。

After this experiment , i need not say that i wanted no sort of earthen ware for my use ; but i must needs say , as to the shapes of them , they were very indifferent , as any one may suppose , when i had no way of making them ; but as the children make dirt - pies , or as a woman would make pies , that never learn d to raise past 這次實驗成功后,不用說,我不缺什么陶器用了。但我必須說,這些東西的形狀,是很不像樣的。大家也可以想象,因為我沒有辦法制造這些東西,只能像小孩子做泥餅,或像不會和面粉的女人做餡餅那樣去做。

Besides this , i arriv d at an unexpected perfection in my earthen ware , and contriv d well enough to make them with a wheel , which i found infinitely easyer and better ; because i made things round and shapable , which before were filthy things indeed to look on 此外,令人難以意料的是,我的陶器也做得相當完美。我想出了一個好方法,用一只輪盤來制造陶器,做起來又容易又好看。