clay

英 [kleɪ]

美 [kleɪ]

n.  黏土; 陶土

复数：clays　

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Collins.2 / BNC.3961 / COCA.4771

习惯用语

n.

have feet of clay
• 品格上有缺陷（或弱点）
  to have a fault or weakness in your character

牛津词典

noun

• 黏土；陶土
  a type of heavy, sticky earth that becomes hard when it is baked and is used to make things such as pots and bricks

柯林斯词典

• N-MASS 黏土;陶土
  Clayis a kind of earth that is soft when it is wet and hard when it is dry. Clay is shaped and baked to make things such as pots and bricks.
  1. ...the heavy clay soils of Cambridgeshire...
     剑桥郡的重黏土质土壤
  2. As the wheel turned, the potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.
     随着陶轮的转动，制陶工人缓慢挤压陶泥块，塑出优美的造型。
  3. ...a little clay pot.
     小陶罐
• N-UNCOUNT 红土网球场;沙地网球场
  In tennis, matches played onclayare played on courts whose surface is covered with finely crushed stones or brick.
  1. Most tennis is played on hard courts, but a substantial amount is played on clay...
     多数网球比赛在硬地球场上举行，不过也有相当数量的比赛在红土球场上进行。
  2. He was a clay-court specialist who won Wimbledon five times.
     他是红土场上的专家，曾5次在温布尔登夺冠。
• PHRASE （受人崇仰的人的）不为人知的严重缺点(或缺陷)
  If you say that a person who is respected or admired hasfeet of clayor hasclay feet, you mean that they have serious faults which you or other people did not know about before.
  1. When those idols are found to have feet of clay, the pain of disenchantment can be profound.
     当人们发现那些偶像有严重的缺陷时，会产生无比痛苦的失落感。

英英释义

noun

• the dead body of a human being
  1. the cadaver was intended for dissection
  2. the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse
  3. the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river
  4. honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay
  Synonym:cadavercorpsestiffremains
• a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
• water soaked soil
  Synonym:mud

双语例句

• When the clay feels like putty, it is ready to use.
  黏土摸起来像油灰时，就可以用了。
• What a love of a clay doll!
  多么可爱的泥娃娃！
• The rooms had the clean earthy smell of wet clay.
  这些房间有湿黏土散发出来的清新泥土气息。
• They moulded a figure in clay.
  他们用模子做泥塑人像。
• Both clay and sandstone are unstable rock formations.
  黏土和砂岩都是不牢固的岩石构造。
• Most tennis is played on hard courts, but a substantial amount is played on clay
  多数网球比赛在硬地球场上举行，不过也有相当数量的比赛在红土球场上进行。
• The potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.
  制陶工人把黏土块捏塑成优美的形状。
• There she began to model in clay
  在那儿她开始用黏土做模型。
• Clay hardens when it becomes dry.
  黏土干了的时候就变硬了。
• She made clay models and squashed them flat again.
  她捏了些泥塑，又将它们再次压扁。