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clay n.黏土；泥土 (1) 黏土是可塑物质。(2) 黏土能保持水分。(3) 砖和盘子由各种粘土制成。(4) 据传，第一个人是某个神用泥土造出来的。(5) 把泥再弄湿点再动手塑造。 Clay is terrible for planting a vegetable garden, but it's perfect for making pottery, tiles, or bricks. You can shape damp clay into a bowl or a cup, and when it's dried and fired in a very hot oven, it becomes extremely hard and sturdy. The Old English root of clay is clæg, "stiff, sticky earth."

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英 [kleɪ] 美 [kleɪ] (1) Clay is a plastic substance.(2) Clay soil retains water.(3) Bricks and dishes are made from various kinds of clay.(4) It was said that the first man was moulded from clay by some kind of god.(5) Wet the clay a bit more before you start to mould it. Clay is a type of soil or dirt that's made of very small particles. You can mold clay into different shapes when it's wet. 1[N-MASS 物质名词]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.   [oft N n]...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2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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.   [oft on N]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。3[PHRASE 短语]（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.   [FORMAL 正式]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。

英语单词	clay
英美音标	英 [kleɪ] 美 [kleɪ]
中文释义	n.黏土；泥土
英语例句	(1) Clay is a plastic substance. (2) Clay soil retains water. (3) Bricks and dishes are made from various kinds of clay. (4) It was said that the first man was moulded from clay by some kind of god. (5) Wet the clay a bit more before you start to mould it.
中文例句	(1) 黏土是可塑物质。 (2) 黏土能保持水分。 (3) 砖和盘子由各种粘土制成。 (4) 据传，第一个人是某个神用泥土造出来的。 (5) 把泥再弄湿点再动手塑造。
vocabulary简明	Clay is a type of soil or dirt that's made of very small particles. You can mold clay into different shapes when it's wet.
vocabulary扩展	Clay is terrible for planting a vegetable garden, but it's perfect for making pottery, tiles, or bricks. You can shape damp clay into a bowl or a cup, and when it's dried and fired in a very hot oven, it becomes extremely hard and sturdy. The Old English root of clay is clæg, "stiff, sticky earth."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-MASS 物质名词]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. [oft N n] ...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 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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. [oft on N] 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。 3 [PHRASE 短语]（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. [FORMAL 正式] 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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