clay
/kleɪ/noun
1
- mass noun a stiff, sticky fine-grained earth, typically yellow, red, or bluish-grey in colour and often forming an impermeable layer in the soil. It can be moulded when wet, and is dried and baked to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics.黏土, 泥土, 陶土。
1.1
- technical sediment with particles smaller than silt, typically less than 0.002 mm〈技〉过滤黏土（沉淀物, 分子小于淤泥, 直径多小于0.002毫米）。
1.2
- a hardened clay surface for a tennis court（网球场的）硬固泥地。
1.3
- poetic/literary the substance of the human body〈诗/文〉肉体, 人体：
this lifeless clay.
这毫无生气的躯体。
2
- a European moth with yellowish-brown wings黄棕翼欧洲蛾。
2.1
- Several species in the family Noctuidae, in particular the clay (Mythimnia ferrago).夜蛾科, 数种, 尤指黄黏虫夜蛾（拉丁名Mythimnia ferrago）.
短语
feet of clay
- 见FOOT.
派生词
clayey
adjectiveclayish
adjectiveclay-like
adjective词源
Old English clǣg, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch klei, also to CLEAVE2 and CLIMB.