单词 | clayey |
释义 | clayey (once / 10525 pages) adj WORD FAMILY clayey USAGE EXAMPLESHe changes the clayey form into a living being, penetrating it with the spark which Prometheus snatched from the flash of Jupiter. Huneker, James, Franz Liszt(2012) In a well-understood routine the cross passes into a god through the clayey medium. Anonymous, The Masculine Cross—A History of An...(2012) A look of pleasure and intelligence made human Lord Badgery's clayey face of surfeit. Huxley, Aldous, Mortal Coils(2012) 1adj resembling or containing clay Syn|Ant argillaceous arenaceous, sandlike, sandy resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas 2adj (used of soil) compact and fine-grained the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated Syn cloggy, heavy compact closely and firmly united or packed together |
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