porcelain

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

por·cel·ain [porcelain porcelains] BrE [ˈpɔːsəlɪn] NAmE [ˈpɔːrsəlɪn] noun uncountable, countable
a hard white shiny substance made by baking ↑clay and used for making delicate cups, plates and decorative objects; objects that are made of this
•a porcelain figure
•a collection of oriental porcelain
•The design is copied from Japanese porcelains of the fourteenth century.

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from French porcelaine, from Italian porcellana ‘cowrie shell’, hence ‘chinaware’ (from its resemblance to the dense polished shells).