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

n.(名词)

1. [U]黏土; 泥土 a kind of heavy earth that becomes hard when it is dry

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"
   

1.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.

e.g. ...the heavyclay soils of Cambridgeshire...
剑桥郡的重黏土质土壤
e.g. As the wheel turned, the potter shaped and squeezed the lump ofclay 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。

2.红土网球场;沙地网球场
In tennis, matches played onclay are played on courts whose surface is covered with finely crushed stones or brick.

e.g. Most tennis is played on hard courts, but a substantial amount is played onclay...
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。
e.g. He was aclay-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。

3.（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 clay or hasclay feet, you mean that they have serious faults which you or other people did not know about before.

e.g. When those idols are found to have feet ofclay, 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。

1. 粘土：在深处熔成岩浆,沿著裂缝向外喷出,熔岩灰在高温经过沉淀持续冷却收缩,因收缩产生拉力,以最佳凝固形态-变成现在的(凝灰岩tuff)六角形柱状节理(columnar joint).(粘土(clay) 乾固时也会出现蜂巢状态.)你可以闭上眼睛,

2. 黏土：泥土是万物的根源,黏土(clay)更是泥土中的精华,上帝用泥土捏出了人,科学家也推论,生命的起源-氨基酸,也是因为黏土才得已聚合成形. 2003年中兴大学化工所所长 林江珍 教授(现任台大高分子所教授及中学大学奈米中心主任)发表了奈米矽片,

3. clay的反义词

3. 泥土：个人觉得第1题是C,泥土(clay)、种子(SEED)在英语中都是简单的单词,是为了强调海伦学这些简单的单词也要付出比常人多无数倍的努力. 第3题和第2题一样,表示有特殊含义. 至于D,我在讲解时例举了一些用于讽刺手法的引号.

4. clay的近义词

4. 克莱：2000年,克莱(clay)数学研究所,一个旨在推动数学研究的私人机构,将庞卡来猜想定为数学领域的7个最重要的问题之一,任何最终解决这个猜想的人将获得100万美元的奖金.

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

• Quiet as the clay-cold dead.

  出自：Yeats

clay is a plastic substance.

黏土是可塑物质。

clay soil retains water.

黏土能保持水分。

Bricks and dishes are made from various kinds of clay.

砖和盘子由各种粘土制成。

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。

Wet the clay a bit more before you start to mould it.

把泥再弄湿点再动手塑造。

...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。

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。

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。

The boy moulded clay into balls.

这男孩把黏土做成球.

What a love of a clay doll!

多么可爱的泥娃娃!

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.

clay and wax are plastic substances.

黏土和蜡是可塑性物质.

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.

We model the heads of famous people in clay.

我们用黏土塑造名人头像.

The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.

那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一个球状.

They moulded a figure in clay.

他们用模子做泥塑人像.

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.

She models in clay.

她用粘土做模型.

The children like making houses of sticks and clay.

孩子们喜欢用树枝或黏土盖房子玩.

Form a bowl from clay.

用陶土做碗.

The child shaped clay into balls.

那小孩把泥捏成球.

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.

He models in clay.

他用粘土做模型.

A clay mould is used for casting bronze statues.

用黏土模具来浇铸青铜塑像。

Turn left at the crossroads into clay Lane.

十字路口左转进克雷巷。

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。

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。

As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay.

轮子一边转动，制陶工人一边拉坯。

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。

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。

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。

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。

Both clay and sandstone are unstable rock formations.

黏土和砂岩都是不牢固的岩石构造。