clay

英 [kleɪ] 美 [kleɪ]

• n. 黏土；泥土

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]黏土; 泥土

   a kind of heavy earth that becomes hard when it is dry

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 泥土，土，泥
2. （人的）肉体，躯体，人体
3. 黏土，粘土，陶土，白土
4. 克莱（音译名）
5. 资质，天性
6. 陶制烟斗
7. 黏土状物
8. 克雷（Henry，1777-1852.美国政治家及演说家）
9. 高品质的麻药（毒品相关用语）

v. 动词

1. 用黏土处理

英英释义

Noun:

1. a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired

2. water soaked soil; soft wet earth

3. United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)

4. United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)

5. the dead body of a human being;

   "the cadaver was intended for dissection"
   "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"
   "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"
   "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Clay is a plastic substance.
   黏土是可塑物质。
2. Clay soil retains water.
   黏土能保持水分。
3. Bricks and dishes are made from various kinds of clay.
   砖和盘子由各种粘土制成。
4. It was said that the first man was moulded from clay by some kind of god.
   据传，第一个人是某个神用泥土造出来的。
5. Wet the clay a bit more before you start to mould it.
   把泥再弄湿点再动手塑造。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Clay is used to make things like pots and tiles.
   黏土可用以制造盆和瓦等。

经典引文

• Quiet as the clay-cold dead.

  出自： Yeats

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• bake〔temper〕 the clay 冶陶
• model〔shape, work〕 the clay 用黏土塑造

形容词+～

• modeling clay 供制作模型用的黏土

名词+～

• potter's clay 制陶器的黏土

～+名词

• clay soil 黏土

介词+～

• mould in clay 用黏土制的模型

近反义词

【近义词】

• earth 地球
• mud 泥
• soil 土地
• dirt 污垢
• earthen 土制的
• stone 【U】石料
• sand 沙
• mire 泥沼
• argillite 矽质粘土岩
• flesh 肉
• ground 地面
• loam 壤土
• kaolin 高岭土
• argil 陶土
• plaster 石膏
• potter's clay 塑粘上,陶土...
• wet earth 湿土
• human body 人体
• human 人的
• body 身体
• wet 湿的
• clayey 粘土的
• clay 黏土
• cadaver 尸体
• stiff 硬的
• Henry Clay 亨利·克莱是美...
• corpse 尸体
• remains 剩余物