英汉词典

clay 基本解释

• n. [土壤] 粘土；泥土；肉体；似黏土的东西
• vt. 用黏土处理
• n. (Clay)人名；(英、法、西、意、葡)克莱

clay 词态变化

clay 中文词源

来自PIE*glei,黏，粘，词源同cling,glue.

clay 英文词源

clay

clay: [OE] Clay is named from its consistency – its stickiness, its squidginess, its capacity for being smeared. Its ultimate source is the Indo- European base *gloi-, *glei-, *gli-, from which English also gets glue and gluten. From it was descended the Germanic base *klai-, on which was formed West Germanic *klaijō-. This passed into Old English as clæg – hence modern English clay. (Clammy comes from the same Germanic source, and clag, from which we get claggy ‘muddy’, is essentially the same word as clay, although it reached English via a Scandinavian route.)
=> clammy, clean

clay (n.)

Old English clæg "stiff, sticky earth; clay," from Proto-Germanic *klaijaz (cognates: Old High German kliwa "bran," German Kleie, Old Frisian klai "clay," Old Saxon klei, Middle Dutch clei, Danish klæg "clay;" also Old English clæman, Old Norse kleima, Old High German kleiman "to cover with clay"), from PIE root *glei- "clay" (cognates: Greek gloios "sticky matter;" Latin gluten "glue;" Old Church Slavonic glina "clay," glenu "slime, mucus;" Old Irish glenim "I cleave, adhere").

in Scripture, the stuff from which the body of the first man was formed; hence "human body" (especially when dead). Clay pigeon is from 1888. Feet of clay "fundamental weakness" is from Dan. ii:33.

clay 词组搭配

clay 英文释义

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

clay 同义词解析

earth, clay, dirt, land, dust, soil, mud, ground

这些名词都有"土地，土，泥"之意。

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。

clay 双语例句

1. As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay.

轮子一边转动，制陶工人一边拉坯。

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2. The clay court was slippery and he was unable to move freely.

红土网球场很滑，他不能自如地移动。

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3. 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。

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4. He studied sculpture because he enjoyed working with clay.

他学习雕塑是因为他喜欢玩黏土。

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5. Grace broke off a large piece of the clay.

格雷斯掰下来一大块土。

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clay 实用场景例句

...the heavy clay soils of Cambridgeshire...

剑桥郡的重黏土质土壤

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

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The boy moulded clay into balls.

这男孩把黏土做成球.

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What a love of a clay doll!

多么可爱的泥娃娃!

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Who will bring me into the besieged city? Who will lead me to Edom?

诗108:10谁能领我进坚固城. 谁能引我到以东地.

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Clay and wax are plastic substances.

黏土和蜡是可塑性物质.

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The clay is very stiff; we must make it thinner with water.

这粘土非常稠, 我们须用水使它变得稀一些.

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We model the heads of famous people in clay.

我们用黏土塑造名人头像.

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The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.

那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一个球状.

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They moulded a figure in clay.

他们用模子做泥塑人像.

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The craftsman is working up the mass of clay into a toy figure.

艺人把一团泥捏成玩具形状.

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She models in clay.

她用粘土做模型.

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The children like making houses of sticks and clay.

孩子们喜欢用树枝或黏土盖房子玩.

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Form a bowl from clay.

用陶土做碗.

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The child shaped clay into balls.

那小孩把泥捏成球.

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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.

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He models in clay.

他用粘土做模型.

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A clay mould is used for casting bronze statues.

用黏土模具来浇铸青铜塑像。

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Turn left at the crossroads into Clay Lane.

十字路口左转进克雷巷。

柯林斯例句

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。

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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。

柯林斯例句

As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay.

轮子一边转动，制陶工人一边拉坯。

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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。

柯林斯例句

A contractor was hired to drain the reservoir and to excavate soil from one area for replacement with clay.

雇了一个承包商抽干水库的水，挖掉一个区域的泥土后再用黏土填上。

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When soft woods are used for the firing, the clay turns dark from the smoke.

用软木烧制时，黏土会被烟雾熏暗。

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The clay court was slippery and he was unable to move freely.

红土网球场很滑，他不能自如地移动。

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Both clay and sandstone are unstable rock formations.

黏土和砂岩都是不牢固的岩石构造。

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