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clay n.黏土 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. 【记】音：坷砬，坷粒，土坷砬，是土；还有个肉体的意思，英语国家认为，相对于灵魂，人的身体是上天用土造成

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[klei] 【英】 n. 黏土(stiff sticky earth, used of making pottery)【考】 clay : porcelain / flax : linen(瓷器的原料是黏土/ 亚麻布的原料是亚麻) n. 粘土(一种磨细的、坚固的土质材料, 潮湿时可塑, 加热时变硬, 用于砖bricks瓦tiles瓷器pottery的制造)【类】clay: porcelain = flax: linen 粘土用来作瓷器 = 亚麻用来作亚麻布

单词	clay
音标	[klei]
解释	n.黏土
红宝书	【英】 n. 黏土(stiff sticky earth, used of making pottery) 【考】 clay : porcelain / flax : linen(瓷器的原料是黏土/ 亚麻布的原料是亚麻)
字源	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.
不择手段背单词	n. 粘土(一种磨细的、坚固的土质材料, 潮湿时可塑, 加热时变硬, 用于砖bricks瓦tiles瓷器pottery的制造) 【类】clay: porcelain = flax: linen 粘土用来作瓷器 = 亚麻用来作亚麻布
趣味全助记	【记】音：坷砬，坷粒，土坷砬，是土；还有个肉体的意思，英语国家认为，相对于灵魂，人的身体是上天用土造成

Clay German N Sticky Porcelain English Cognates High