| 单词 | clod |
| 释义 | clod (once / 2747 pages) 1n 2n A clod is a lump or chunk of something. You begin the process of making a bowl by throwing a clod of clay onto a potter's wheel. Clod usually describes a mass or ball of dirt: "She intended to plant vegetables in her yard, but found the soil was full of hard clods and stones." An annoyingly awkward person can also be called a clod: "He always says the wrong thing — he's such a clod." The word comes from clot, which originally meant "a mass," and comes from the German Klotz, "lump or block." WORD FAMILYclod: cloddish, clods+/cloddish: cloddishly USAGE EXAMPLESThe device led them straight to a field littered with clods of earth and shot through with tractor marks. New York Times(Sep 19, 2016) I spent several hours loosening urine-soaked clods of litter from the tub and matted tufts of hair from the sink drain. The Guardian(Sep 28, 2016) You don’t have to know your way around a beef-cut chart — with its bewildering eyes, rounds, chucks and clods — to buy a good one. New York Times(May 13, 2014) 1 n a compact mass 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper ball, chunk, clump, glob, lump clot, coagulum a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid goba lump of slimy stuff clewa ball of yarn or cord or thread thrombusa blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin embolusan abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood agglomeration a jumbled collection or mass n an awkward, stupid person Syn|Hyper gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, oaf, stumblebum clumsy person a person with poor motor coordination |
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