clay

n.黏土; 陶土

复数：clays

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....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。

...a little clay pot.小陶罐

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.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.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。

双语例句

Between the white limestone and the greyish pink limestone is a thin bed of clay. 在白色石灰石和粉灰色石灰石之间是一层薄薄的黏土。

Grace broke off a large piece of the clay 格雷斯掰下来一大块土。

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。

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 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。

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 the clay feels like putty, it is ready to use. 黏土摸起来像油灰时，就可以用了。

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。

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。

Sometimes she carved wood and sometimes stone; sometimes she modelled clay 她有时刻木雕，有时刻石雕，有时塑泥塑。

He enjoyed working with clay as a sculptural form 他喜欢用黏土来做雕塑。

She made clay models and squashed them flat again. 她捏了些泥塑，又将它们再次压扁。

As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay 轮子一边转动，制陶工人一边拉坯。

Both clay and sandstone are unstable rock formations. 黏土和砂岩都是不牢固的岩石构造。

He studied sculpture because he enjoyed working with clay. 他学习雕塑是因为他喜欢玩黏土。

What a love of a clay doll! 多么可爱的泥娃娃！

He models in clay. 他用粘土做模型。

Clay hardens when it becomes dry. 黏土干了的时候就变硬了。

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

Essentially the catalytic properties of clay minerals arise because of their ability to donate protons or accept electrons in reaction mechanisms. 从本质上看，粘土矿物具有催化性质，这是因为粘土矿物在反应过程中能放出质子或接受电子。

They moulded a figure in clay. 他们用模子做泥塑人像。

It was the custom of American Indians to paint their faces with coloured clay. 美洲印第安人过去习惯用彩色泥土涂在脸上。

Form a bowl from clay. 用陶土做碗。

Pottery is made from un***erated clay. 陶器是用比较纯粹的黏土制成的。

The bottom layer is a mixture of sand and clay. 最下面的一层是沙和泥的混合物。

The components to be considered in this book include boulders, gravel, sand, silt and clay. 本书所考虑的组成部分包括漂砾，砾石，砂，粉土和粘土。

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

英英释义

noun

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

Synonym:cadavercorpsestiffremains

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

water soaked soil

Synonym:mud