clay
/kleɪ/
n.
标准词条
CET-4
一句话记住
黏土;泥土
释义与例句
n.
黏土;泥土
a heavy sticky soil that can be shaped when wet and becomes hard when baked or dried
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The potter shaped the wet clay into a beautiful vase.
陶工把湿黏土塑成一个漂亮的花瓶。
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Children love playing with clay and making little animals.
孩子们喜欢玩黏土,捏小动物。
展开其余 1 条例句
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Bricks are made from clay baked in a kiln.
砖块是用黏土在窑中烧制而成的。
词源与构词
记忆钩子
发音像“克累”——捏黏土捏得很累;湿的可塑,烧硬成陶。
词族与关联词
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
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clayey 黏土的;含黏土的clay 加 -ey,形容土壤含黏土、黏稠的特性。
同义词
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mud 泥;泥浆clay 是可塑、烧制后变硬的黏土;mud 是水与土混合的湿泥,更稀、更脏。After the rain, the road was covered in mud. 雨后,路上满是泥浆。
反义词
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sand 沙子clay 黏稠可塑,sand 颗粒松散不黏,二者在土壤质地特征上相对。The children built a castle with sand on the beach. 孩子们在海滩上用沙子堆城堡。
常见搭配
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wet clay 湿黏土Wet clay is easy to shape into different forms. 湿黏土容易塑造成各种形状。
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clay pot 陶罐She stored water in a large clay pot. 她把水储存在一个大陶罐里。
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modeling clay 彩泥;造型黏土The child used modeling clay to make a dinosaur. 孩子用彩泥做了一只恐龙。