clay
clay
英[kleɪ]美[kleɪ]
n.黏土，陶土；
复数：clays;
例句
The children like making houses of sticks and clay.孩子们喜欢用树枝或黏土盖房子玩。
clay worsted<纺>链形斜纹呢
She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。
Clay and wax are plastic substances.黏土和蜡是可塑性物质。
granulated clay颗粒状粘土
A paper bird cannot stand the strong wind,and a clay figurine cannot bear the heavy rain.纸鸟经不起风吹,泥人经不住雨淋。
The sculptor figured the girl in clay.雕塑家用粘土塑造了这个女孩子的形象。
Why are people always surprised when they discover that their heroes have feet of clay?为什么人们发现他们心目中的英雄也有弱点时总是那么吃惊呢？
She fashioned the clay into a pot.她用泥土制成一个罐。
She fashioned a pot from the clay.她用泥土制成一个罐.。
同义词
n.
clay的同义词之：人体,肉体
humanbodyfleshclay的同义词之：泥土
earthmiremudsoilwetgroundclay的同义词之：粘土
clayeyearthkaolinclayloamargilliteargilpotter'sclay的同义词之：其他释义
plasterdirt同义词解析
以下这些名词都有"土地，土，泥" 的意思
earth：多指地表带有水分的泥土，较具体。
clay：特指潮湿时发粘，而火烤后变坚硬的泥土。
dirt：指地表的干松泥土。
land：含义笼统。指与河流、海洋相对的陆地，也指可耕种的土地。
dust：特指土壤干燥后，飞扬于空中的细微泥土。
soil：特指适宜栽种农作物或生长各种植物的泥土。
mud：指湿土，尤指雨后稀泥、污泥。
ground：通常指大地的表面，也可指土壤、泥土或场地。
词组
feet of clay
见 foot柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-MASS
黏土;陶土
Clay is 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.
例句
...the heavy clay soils of Cambridgeshire...剑桥郡的重黏土质土壤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。N-UNCOUNT
红土网球场;沙地网球场
In tennis, matches played on clay are played on courts whose surface is covered with finely crushed stones or brick.
例句
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。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 has feet of clay or has clay feet, you mean that they have serious faults which you or other people did not know about before.
例句
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。英英词典释义
Noun
1. a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
2. water soaked soil; soft wet earth
3. the dead body of a human being
行业词典
医学： 土，粘土：天然的水合硅酸铝，由于风化引起岩石分解而成；从远古时起即用于医疗，外用或内服；
土木工程： 黏土；〖WT5BX〗I〖WT5BZ〗p>17。；
地质学： 黏土；
机械： 黏土；颗粒尺寸小于2μm的二维层状结构水化硅酸铝。；
海洋科学： 粘土；
