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单词 clod
释义
clodclod /klɒd $ klɑːd/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINclod
Origin:
1300-1400 CLOT2
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Even a computer clod like me can find it, or stumble on it by accident.
  • Go for the clods, spot the rocks.
  • He picked up a dirt clod and flung it toward the window.
  • It should also produce less clods and thus minimise lifting damage.
  • Mary shivered and turned away as the first clods of earth thudded on to the coffin.
  • Members of Congress are impervious to the pain because they continue to collect their own salaries, the selfish clods.
  • They are about as strong as dried clods of mud.
  • Was Cullam a complete clod or did he realise how macabre his words had been?
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=a lump of earth)· The horse’s hooves kicked up great clods of earth.
1a lump of mud or earth2informal a stupid person
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