英语词汇“clay-ironstone”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

clay-ironstone

释义

clay /klā/

noun

Earth in very fine particles, tenacious and impervious (agriculture)
A tenacious ductile earthy material, hydrated aluminium silicates more or less impure (chem and mineralogy)
A prepared hard surface of a tennis court
Earth in general
The human body
A clay pigeon
(in full clay pipe) a tobacco pipe of baked clay

transitive verb

To purify (eg sugar) with clay

ORIGIN: OE clæg; cf Dan klæg and Ger Klei

clayed adjective

Clay-like

clayˈey adjective

Made of clay
Covered with clay
Like clay

clayˈish adjective

Of the nature of clay

claymātˈion noun (film)

The animation of clay or Plasticine figures

clayˈ-bank adjective (US)

Brownish yellow

noun (US)

A horse of this colour

clayˈ-brained adjective (Shakespeare)

Stupid

clayˈ-cold adjective

Cold as clay, lifeless

clay court noun

Clay-covered tennis court

clay eater noun

A person addicted to chewing a fatty clay in Brazil and elsewhere

clayˈ-ground noun

Ground consisting mainly of clay

clay-irˈonstone noun

A clayey chalybite

clayˈ-marl noun

A whitish chalky clay

clayˈ-mill noun

A mill for preparing clay

clay mineral noun

Any of a group of water-soluble aluminium silicates that are the chief constituents of clay

clayˈpan noun

A compacted layer of subsoil that retains water
A shallow depression in clay soil, holding water after rain (Aust)

clay pigeon noun

(often shortened to clay) a saucer-shaped disc (usu made of pitch and powdered limestone) thrown from a spring-loaded trap and shot at as a substitute for various types of game bird

clayˈ-pit noun

A pit from which clay is dug

clay road noun (NZ)

An unmetalled road

clayˈ-slate noun

Hard, fissile argillaceous rock

feet of clay (figurative)

Faults and weaknesses of character not at first apparent or suspected

wet one's clay

To drink

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