| 单词 | clay |
| 释义 | clay (once / 574 pages) 1n 2n 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. 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." WORD FAMILYclay: clays USAGE EXAMPLESThere is a sumptuous mosaic ceiling, with marble columns and copper clay friezes. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) She wouldn’t respond, however, and her color changed to that of clay, he said. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) She played with a piece of clay, molding it into a flower between her stump and hand. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1 1n water-soaked soil; soft, wet earth Syn|Hypo|Hyper mud bleaching clay, bleaching earth an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils mud piea mass of mud that a child has molded into the shape of pie mire, slopdeep soft mud in water or slush dirt, soil the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock 2n a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired 2Hypo|Hyper adobe the clay from which adobe bricks are made argila white clay (especially a white clay used by potters) china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay, terra albaa fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper) red clayclay whose redness results from iron oxide pipeclay, terra albafine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather bentonitean absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash fireclaya heat-resistant clay Kitty Littergranulated clay; placed in a container where it absorbs the waste products of a cat or dog potter's clay, potter's earthclay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling daubmaterial used to daub walls slippotter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics dirt, soil the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock n the dead body of a human being honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay Syn|Hypo|Hyper cadaver, corpse, remains, stiff cremains the remains of a dead body after cremation body, dead body a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person Clay (once / 1229 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY Clay: Clays USAGE EXAMPLESPASADENA, Calif. — In mid-August, after prolonged vacillation, Southern California Coach Clay Helton declared the junior Max Browne his starting quarterback. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Everything started to turn not long after Clay Helton talked to the public about getting punched in the face. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) The defense is too dependent on Clay Matthews to generate a pass rush, so when he’s not 100% the drop-off is significant. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 n United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) 2Syn|Exp Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser pol, political leader, politician, politico a person active in party politics n United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978) Syn|Exp Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay full general, general a general officer of the highest rank |
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