terracotta
/ˌterəˈkɒtə/noun
mass noun
1- unglazed, typically brownish-red earthenware, used chiefly as an ornamental building material and in modeling赤陶土。
1.1
- count noun a statuette or other object made of such earthenware赤土陶器; 陶制偶像, 陶俑。
1.2
- a strong brownish-red or brownish-orange colour赤褐色。
词源
early 18th cent.: from Italian terra cotta 'baked earth'， from Latin terra cocta.