clayThese are all words for the top layer of the earth in which plants grow.以上各词均指土壤。
the top layer of the earth in which plants grow指土壤：
Plant the seedlings in damp soil.
把幼苗种在湿润的土壤里。
wet soil that is soft and sticky指泥、淤泥、泥浆：
The car wheels got stuck in the mud.
汽车轮子陷到泥里去了。
a type of heavy sticky soil that becomes hard when it is baked and is used to make things such as pots and bricks指黏土、陶土：
The tiles are made of clay.
这些砖是用陶土制成的。
an area of ground, especially of a particular type尤指某种类型的地带、土地：
an area of rich, fertile land
土地富饶肥沃的地区
the substance that plants grow in指土、泥、泥土
( especially NAmE ) soil, especially loose soil指泥土，尤指松土、散土：
Pack the dirt firmly around the plants.
将植物周围的土培实。
an area of soil指土地：
The car got stuck in the muddy ground.
汽车陷到泥地里了。
They drove across miles of rough, stony ground.
他们驶过数英里崎岖不平、多石的土地。
clay
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N-MASS 黏土;陶土
Clay is a kind of earth that is soft when it is wet and hard when it is dry. Clay is shaped and baked to make things such as pots and bricks....the heavy clay soils of Cambridgeshire...
剑桥郡的重黏土质土壤
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N-UNCOUNT 红土网球场;沙地网球场
In tennis, matches played on clay are played on courts whose surface is covered with finely crushed stones or brick.Most tennis is played on hard courts, but a substantial amount is played on clay...
多数网球比赛在硬地球场上举行，不过也有相当数量的比赛在红土球场上进行。
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PHRASE （受人崇仰的人的）不为人知的严重缺点(或缺陷)
If you say that a person who is respected or admired has feet of clay or has clay feet, you mean that they have serious faults which you or other people did not know about before.When those idols are found to have feet of clay, the pain of disenchantment can be profound.
当人们发现那些偶像有严重的缺陷时，会产生无比痛苦的失落感。
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- the dead body of a human being
- the cadaver was intended for dissection
- the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse
- the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river
- honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay
- Synonym: cadaver corpse stiff remains
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- a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
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- water soaked soil;soft wet earth
- Synonym: mud
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The basic ingredients are limestone and clay in the proportion 2:1 .
基本成分是石灰石和黏土，比例为2:1。
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A clay mould is used for casting bronze statues .
用黏土模具来浇铸青铜塑像。
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First , mould the clay into the desired shape .
首先，将陶土做成需要的形状。
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The tiles are made of clay .
这些砖是用陶土制成的。
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Clay is a plastic substance .
黏土是可塑物质。
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Loam is a soil with roughly equal proportions of clay , sand and silt .
壤土是由大约等份的黏土、沙和粉砂合成的。
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The figure had been moulded in clay .
这座人像是用黏土塑造的。
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She fashioned a pot from the clay .
她用黏土制成一个罐。
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She fashioned the clay into a pot .
她用黏土制成一个罐。
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There she began to model in clay
在那儿她开始用黏土做模型。
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He studied sculpture because he enjoyed working with clay .
他学习雕塑是因为他喜欢玩黏土。
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When the clay feels like putty , it is ready to use .
黏土摸起来像油灰时，就可以用了。
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She made clay models and squashed them flat again .
她捏了些泥塑，又将它们再次压扁。
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Grace broke off a large piece of the clay
格雷斯掰下来一大块土。
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Sometimes she carved wood and sometimes stone ; sometimes she modelled clay
她有时刻木雕，有时刻石雕，有时塑泥塑。
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As the wheel turned , the potter shaped the clay
轮子一边转动，制陶工人一边拉坯。
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He enjoyed working with clay as a sculptural form
他喜欢用黏土来做雕塑。
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The clay court was slippery and he was unable to move freely
红土网球场很滑，他不能自如地移动。
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The rooms had the clean earthy smell of wet clay .
这些房间有湿黏土散发出来的清新泥土气息。
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Both clay and sandstone are unstable rock formations .
黏土和砂岩都是不牢固的岩石构造。
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Most tennis is played on hard courts , but a substantial amount is played on clay
多数网球比赛在硬地球场上举行，不过也有相当数量的比赛在红土球场上进行。
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The potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape .
制陶工人把黏土块捏塑成优美的形状。
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A contractor was hired to drain the reservoir and to excavate soil from one area for replacement with clay .
雇了一个承包商抽干水库的水，挖掉一个区域的泥土后再用黏土填上。
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Between the white limestone and the greyish pink limestone is a thin bed of clay .
在白色石灰石和粉灰色石灰石之间是一层薄薄的黏土。
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When those idols are found to have feet of clay , the pain of disenchantment can be profound .
当人们发现那些偶像有严重的缺陷时，会产生无比痛苦的失落感。
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As the wheel turned , the potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape .
随着陶轮的转动，制陶工人缓慢挤压陶泥块，塑出优美的造型。
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Wet the clay a bit more before you start to mould it .
把泥弄湿点再动手塑形。
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He models in clay .
他用粘土做模型。
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What a love of a clay doll !
多么可爱的泥娃娃！
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Clay is used to make things like pots and tiles .
黏土可用以制造盆和瓦等。
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