英语词汇“clod”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

clod

/klɒd

noun

1A lump of earth or clay: frost is essential for breaking up clods into manageable sizes...

The soil was so hard it took Moore three whacks with a pick just to break loose a clod of clay.
And some foul-mouthed yobs have been hurling clods of earth at passing craft - with one passenger reportedly struck on the head by a clod.
After the land was ploughed, the turned earth would contain large clods of earth that required breaking up.

Synonyms

lump, clump, chunk, mass, piece, hunk, slab, wedge

informal dollop, wodge

2 informal A stupid person: you’re an insensitive clod and I hope you fall and break your neck...

But this is an army of rookies, clods, and dimwits - and the women make short work of their glorious space armada.
He is, however, quite impatient with the clods and dullards who do not find the tradition hopelessly retrograde.
Except for a scant few, the characters in St. Elmo's Fire are all either weasels, deceptive clods or selfish ninnies.

3 [mass noun] British A coarse cut of meat from the lower neck of an ox: other stewing cuts (in England known to the meat trade as clod) may cook in 90 minutes...

Nutrient composition data are available for four lean cuts of bison: rib-eye, clod, top round and top sirloin.
The beef type chuck includes chuck, clod, and round.

Origin

Late Middle English: variant of clot.

单词	clod
释义	clod /klɒd / noun 1A lump of earth or clay: frost is essential for breaking up clods into manageable sizes... The soil was so hard it took Moore three whacks with a pick just to break loose a clod of clay. And some foul-mouthed yobs have been hurling clods of earth at passing craft - with one passenger reportedly struck on the head by a clod. After the land was ploughed, the turned earth would contain large clods of earth that required breaking up. Synonyms lump, clump, chunk, mass, piece, hunk, slab, wedge informal dollop, wodge 2 informal A stupid person: you’re an insensitive clod and I hope you fall and break your neck... But this is an army of rookies, clods, and dimwits - and the women make short work of their glorious space armada. He is, however, quite impatient with the clods and dullards who do not find the tradition hopelessly retrograde. Except for a scant few, the characters in St. Elmo's Fire are all either weasels, deceptive clods or selfish ninnies. 3 [mass noun] British A coarse cut of meat from the lower neck of an ox: other stewing cuts (in England known to the meat trade as clod) may cook in 90 minutes... Nutrient composition data are available for four lean cuts of bison: rib-eye, clod, top round and top sirloin. The beef type chuck includes chuck, clod, and round. Origin Late Middle English: variant of clot. Rhymes bod, cod, god, hod, mod, nod, od, odd, plod, pod, prod, quad, quod, scrod, shod, squad, tod, Todd, trod, wad
随便看	key movement Keynesian Keynesian economics Keynesian economist Keynesianism Keynes, John Maynard keynote keynote address keynote lecture keynote presentation keynoter keynote speaker keynote speech keynoting key-operated keypad keypal key pattern key performance indicator key phone key pin key plate keypunch keypunchable keypuncher

clod

Origin

Rhymes