名词黏土，泥土; （相对于灵魂而言的）人体，肉体; 似黏土的东西; 克莱（男子名， Clayton 的昵称）
及物动词用黏土处理
名词
1. We make bricks from clay.
我们用泥土制砖。
2. 黏土：泥土是万物的根源,黏土(Clay)更是泥土中的精华,上帝用泥土捏出了人,科学家也推论,生命的起源-氨基酸,也是因为黏土才得已聚合成形. 2003年中兴大学化工所所长 林江珍 教授(现任台大高分子所教授及中学大学奈米中心主任)发表了奈米矽片,
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3. 泥土：个人觉得第1题是C,泥土(CLAY)、种子(SEED)在英语中都是简单的单词,是为了强调海伦学这些简单的单词也要付出比常人多无数倍的努力. 第3题和第2题一样,表示有特殊含义. 至于D,我在讲解时例举了一些用于讽刺手法的引号.
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4. 克莱：2000年,克莱(clay)数学研究所,一个旨在推动数学研究的私人机构,将庞卡来猜想定为数学领域的7个最重要的问题之一,任何最终解决这个猜想的人将获得100万美元的奖金.
1. 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.
clay的解释
e.g. ...the heavy clay soils of Cambridgeshire...
剑桥郡的重黏土质土壤
e.g. 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。
2. 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.
clay的解释
e.g. 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。
e.g. He was a clay-court specialist who won Wimbledon five times.
他是红土场上的专家，曾5次在温布尔登夺冠。
3. （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.
e.g. 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。