| 单词 | clay |
| 释义 | clay (kleɪ ) Word forms: clays 1. variable noun [oft NOUN noun] B2 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. As the wheel turned, the potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape. ...a little clay pot. 2. uncountable noun [oft on NOUN, NOUN noun] 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. He was a clay-court specialist who won Wimbledon five times. 3. feet of clay phrase 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. [formal] When those idols are found to have feet of clay, the pain of disenchantment can be profound. Idioms: someone has feet of clay said to mean that someone who is greatly admired or respected has serious faults or weaknesses which people generally do not know about When those idols are found to have feet of clay, the pain of disenchantment can be profound. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: clay content The significant effects on frost-heaving ratio were, in order, water replenishing > initial moisture content > clay content > compactness > overlying load. 2018, 'Experimental Research on Frost Heave Characteristics of Gravel Soil and Multifactor Regression Prediction', Advances in Materials Science and Engineering Sand, silt and clay content, bulk density, macroporosity, microporosity and total porosity were determined. 2010, 'Spatial variability of infiltration and its relationship to some physical properties', Ingeniería e Investigación When fine and clay content increases, excess pore water pressure decreases constant cyclic stress ratio in nonplastic silty soils. 2014, 'Behavior of Nonplastic Silty Soils under Cyclic Loading', The Scientific World Journal Its population consisted of agriculturalists who grew large amounts of maize, and craft specialists who made beautiful pots, shell jewelry, arrow-points, and flint clay figurines. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But more than that he has made 18in clay figurines of 600 of them. Times, Sunday Times Many of these artifacts are clay figurines or statues. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The decoration was a relief, with the application of buttons or clay figurines, supplemented with incisions or circular stamps. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Caches were found in these structures including clay figurines, wooden bowls, feathers, cotton, and string and cane objects. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Those vessels do not have the outermost clay jar, but are otherwise almost identical. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On his farm all water was boiled and stored in clay jars so that the clay would absorb impurities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were written on birch bark and stored in clay jars, which preserved them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Use the clay jars and open flames well if you don't want to risk a direct confrontation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The condition of the scrolls indicates that they were already in poor condition and fragments by the time they were stored in the clay jars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I mean 'treating' them - as in exfoliating, extracting, slapping on a clay mask and scrutinising them for open pores, acne and wrinkles. Times, Sunday Times Those wearing the clay mask were significantly worse at tasks that involved remembering emotions. Times, Sunday Times It's a wash-off cleanser and light clay mask all at once. Times, Sunday Times There are now some great versions of the old-fashioned clay mask - good for drawing out bacteria. Times, Sunday Times For a deep clean, apply an oil-absorbing clay mask weekly. The Sun A tube shape clay mould can be cut into four equal parts, with a cross section of a quarter of a circle, then glazed into a four plate tire. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They certainly weren't pieces of clay moulded into stars in the year or two that they spent playing youth football at their clubs. Times, Sunday Times An elaborate cornice and terra cotta balustrade (baked clay moulded into decorative patterns) expand on the decor of the tower. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It’s baked in a tonir, they answered, a subterranean clay oven heated with a wood fire at the base. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I tried kleftiko, lamb slowcooked in a clay oven. The Sun Once every village or town had a baker with a big clay oven. The Sun A large stone threshing floor, clay oven, and a grinding wheel lie adjacent to the building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tandoori rotis are baked in a clay oven called tandoor and are consumed with just about anything. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Decorate your own clay pot and learn from the experts. Times, Sunday Times It was a clay pot, a bag of earth and five seeds. The Sun The object started life as a clay pot decorated with colourful paper before it evolved into the papier-mâché form we know today. Times, Sunday Times You see, it's humble and it's fragile to be a clay pot, but the treasure must never be forgotten. Christianity Today At the end of the service, each person was to come forward and leave their nail in a clay pot at the foot of the cross. Christianity Today Stone and glass jewelry were also in abundance, but the specimens of clay pottery were plain and dominated by round based and footed bowls. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their clay pottery has a glazed yellow-orange color as described within this article. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Clay pottery has also been found bearing rope-shaped protrusions, pointing to craftsmen seeking familiar shapes and processes while working with new materials. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An expert in micaceous clay pottery, he takes classic ceramic techniques and refines them to push the medium beyond the expected norms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The plaster was formed into vessels by coiling to serve some of the functions of later clay pottery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The instant appeal of the house comes from the mellow red brick perfectly matched by the clay roof tiles. Times, Sunday Times The hacienda has two temazcals, a more modern one with a cement roof and the other more traditional with a clay roof. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Renovations in 2010-2011 restored the clay roof tiles and copper gutters to their original state. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a gabled roof covered with clay roof tiles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The village consists of ancient stone houses, called hidmo with wattle and clay roofs as well as a more modern village of concrete block villas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Works in a rich range of media are displayed: drawings, paintings, wood and stone carvings, clay sculpture and ceramics. Times,Sunday Times I am starting to get into clay sculpture too. Times, Sunday Times The tree sculptures have become emblematic of this municipality, and are part of a clay sculpture tradition found only here. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While in jail he attended an art therapy programme and began producing clay sculptures. Times, Sunday Times Clay sculptures with smiling faces are indicative of this culture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are not effective if you have heavy, cold clay soil. The Sun (2006) Until recently, the ground was bone dry and my heavy clay soil cracked wide open. The Sun (2015) This experiment has been conducted on a shallow calcareous clay soil during the season 1995-96. 1997, 'Comparaison de 4 modalités d'installation d'un blé tendre sur les caractéristiques physiques et hydriques du sol', Tropicultura This paper studies the resilient modulus of the subgrade of clay soil by laboratory testing. 2018, 'Effect of moisture content of cohesive subgrade soil', MATEC Web of Conferences Dishes are variously served in a marble bowl, on a clay tablet and on olive wood platters. Times, Sunday Times During these two periods the letters page almost seemed like a clay tablet. Times, Sunday Times It was discovered in five different clay tablet manuscripts written in the cuneiform script. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The letter shows a high-gloss surface on the clay tablet, and being a short letter, has only 5 to 8/9 cuneiform characters per line. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a part of a thick clay tablet with only three lines of writing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We drew the patterns made by the curved braces and the shapes of the clay tiles. Times, Sunday Times The news website said that the objects were described on customs forms as hand-crafted clay tiles worth $300 - a price that would greatly underestimate their value. Times, Sunday Times The building now looks like a cohesive whole, thanks mostly to a new roof and naturally weathering clay tiles and oak cladding. Times, Sunday Times It focused on the environmental credentials of the building, saying it would be highly energyefficient with timber cladding and handmade clay tiles. Times, Sunday Times A restrained palette of materials, many of which are local — handmade peg clay tiles, quarried ragstone and coppiced chestnut cladding — deepen the sense of unity and rootedness. Times, Sunday Times With little humus or fine clay particles to hold the nutrients, you will find sandy soils very hungry. Times, Sunday Times A single kind of fine clay seems to have been the base material, which was treated by the potters in different ways. Times, Sunday Times The study suggests that there may have been a careful mix of dark, fine clay and light, silty clay used for the walls and bricks. Times, Sunday Times Ceramic wares were of fine clay and smooth, micaceous red surface. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This earthenware developed into a pottery tradition that mostly used clay thinly coated with a fine clay slip. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Chaenomeles are tolerant of most soils, though adding a little grit to heavy clay is worth the effort. Times, Sunday Times (2018) Until recently, the ground was bone dry and my heavy clay soil cracked wide open. The Sun (2015) Ours is heavy clay, so we grow our tulips in pots. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Snowdrops are not fussy about soil type (soil structure matters, rather than alkalinity or acidity), but don't like heavy clay. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Heroically tall buildings, testimony to the improbable triumph of engineering over soft clay, still dominated the vista. Times, Sunday Times Seeing that bricks started out as soft clay and only grew hard from heat, the candle had an idea. Christianity Today Experts said the collapse had been caused by a sinkhole, an area of soft clay being undermined by water. The Sun Not a heavy lump of soft clay but a thin shell of brittle clay. Christianity Today More likely, the volcano weathered away; hot volcanic gases and steam turned hard rock into soft clay that were easily eroded by glacial action. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If you are on heavy, wet clay, you should also dig in bags of grit to improve the drainage. Times, Sunday Times It will feel to the runners like they are trying to pick their feet out of wet clay. The Sun The fragile structure, formed in still wet clay, will dry and crumble to dust in the course of this exhibition. Times, Sunday Times Sadly, it didn't 'take' - trying to work the wheel thing with my feet while shaping wet clay with my hands was well-nigh impossible. Times, Sunday Times This involves rare skills - the bed of a canal, for example, has to be waterproofed by 'puddling' with wet clay, not something you can get done by any local builder. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 粘土 Japanese: 粘土 |
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