clay 音标拼音: [kl'e]
n . 泥土,肉体,粘土
泥土,肉体,粘土
clay n 1 :
a very fine -
grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired 2 :
water soaked soil ;
soft wet earth [
synonym : {
mud }, {
clay }]
3 :
United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (
1897 -
1978 ) [
synonym : {
Clay }, {
Lucius Clay }, {
Lucius DuBignon Clay }]
4 :
United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (
1777 -
1852 ) [
synonym :
{
Clay }, {
Henry Clay }, {
the Great Compromiser }]
5 :
the dead body of a human being ; "
the cadaver was intended for dissection "; "
the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse "; "
the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river "; "
honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay " [
synonym : {
cadaver }, {
corpse }, {
stiff }, {
clay },
{
remains }]
Clay \
Clay \ (
kl [=
a ]),
n . [
AS .
cl [=
ae ]
g ;
akin to LG .
klei ,
D .
klei ,
and perh .
to AS .
cl [=
a ]
m clay ,
L .
glus ,
gluten glue ,
Gr .
gloio `
s glutinous substance ,
E .
glue .
Cf . {
Clog }.]
1 .
A soft earth ,
which is plastic ,
or may be molded with the hands ,
consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium .
It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition ,
in part ,
of rocks containing aluminous minerals ,
as granite .
Lime ,
magnesia ,
oxide of iron ,
and other ingredients ,
are often present as impurities .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Poetry &
Script .)
Earth in general ,
as representing the elementary particles of the human body ;
hence ,
the human body as formed from such particles .
[
1913 Webster ]
I also am formed out of the clay . --
Job xxxiii .
6 .
[
1913 Webster ]
The earth is covered thick with other clay ,
Which her own clay shall cover . --
Byron .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Bowlder clay }.
See under {
Bowlder }.
{
Brick clay },
the common clay ,
containing some iron ,
and therefore turning red when burned .
{
Clay cold },
cold as clay or earth ;
lifeless ;
inanimate .
{
Clay ironstone },
an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand .
{
Clay marl },
a whitish ,
smooth ,
chalky clay .
{
Clay mill },
a mill for mixing and tempering clay ;
a pug mill .
{
Clay pit },
a pit where clay is dug .
{
Clay slate } (
Min .),
argillaceous schist ;
argillite .
{
Fatty clays },
clays having a greasy feel ;
they are chemical compounds of water ,
silica ,
and aluminia ,
as {
halloysite },
{
bole },
etc .
{
Fire clay },
a variety of clay ,
entirely free from lime ,
iron ,
or an alkali ,
and therefore infusible ,
and used for fire brick .
{
Porcelain clay },
a very pure variety ,
formed directly from the decomposition of feldspar ,
and often called {
kaolin }.
{
Potter '
s clay },
a tolerably pure kind ,
free from iron .
[
1913 Webster ]
Clay \
Clay \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Clayed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Claying }.]
1 .
To cover or manure with clay .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To clarify by filtering through clay ,
as sugar .
[
1913 Webster ]
177 Moby Thesaurus words for "
clay ":
Adam ,
Hominidae ,
Homo sapiens ,
Missouri meerschaum ,
acres ,
alluvion ,
alluvium ,
anatomy ,
arable land ,
ashes ,
blubber ,
body ,
bones ,
breeze ,
briar ,
briar pipe ,
butter ,
cadaver ,
calean ,
calumet ,
carcass ,
carrion ,
china ,
china clay ,
china stone ,
churchwarden ,
clod ,
corncob ,
corncob pipe ,
corpse ,
corpus ,
corpus delicti ,
crowbait ,
crust ,
cushion ,
dead body ,
dead man ,
dead person ,
decedent ,
dirt ,
dough ,
down ,
dry bones ,
dry land ,
dust ,
earth ,
eiderdown ,
embalmed corpse ,
enamel ,
fallen humanity ,
feather bed ,
feathers ,
figure ,
fireclay ,
fleece ,
flesh ,
floss ,
flue ,
fluff ,
flux ,
foam ,
food for worms ,
form ,
frame ,
freehold ,
generation of man ,
genus Homo ,
glaze ,
glebe ,
grassland ,
ground ,
gumbo ,
hominid ,
homo ,
hookah ,
hubble -
bubble ,
hulk ,
human family ,
human nature ,
human race ,
human species ,
humanity ,
humankind ,
kaolin ,
kapok ,
land ,
landholdings ,
late lamented ,
le genre humain ,
lithosphere ,
man ,
mankind ,
marginal land ,
marl ,
material body ,
meerschaum ,
mire ,
mold ,
mortal flesh ,
mortal remains ,
mortality ,
mortals ,
muck ,
mud ,
mummification ,
mummy ,
nargileh ,
ooze ,
organic remains ,
peace pipe ,
person ,
petuntse ,
physical body ,
physique ,
pillow ,
pipe ,
pipe cleaner ,
pipe rack ,
plush ,
porcelain ,
porcelain clay ,
pudding ,
puff ,
putty ,
race of man ,
real estate ,
real property ,
refractory ,
refractory clay ,
region ,
regolith ,
relics ,
reliquiae ,
remains ,
rubber ,
satin ,
silk ,
skeleton ,
slime ,
slip ,
slob ,
slop ,
slosh ,
sludge ,
slush ,
sod ,
soil ,
soma ,
squash ,
stiff ,
subaerial deposit ,
subsoil ,
swansdown ,
swill ,
tenement of clay ,
terra ,
terra firma ,
terrain ,
territory ,
the country ,
the dead ,
the deceased ,
the defunct ,
the departed ,
the loved one ,
thistledown ,
tobacco pipe ,
tobacco pouch ,
topsoil ,
torso ,
trunk ,
velvet ,
water pipe ,
wax ,
woodland ,
wool ,
zephyr Clay This word is used of sediment found in pits or in streets (
Isa .
57 :
20 ;
Jer .
38 :
60 ),
of dust mixed with spittle (
John 9 :
6 ),
and of potter '
s clay (
Isa .
41 :
25 ;
Nah .
3 :
14 ;
Jer .
18 :
1 -
6 ;
Rom .
9 :
21 ).
Clay was used for sealing (
Job 38 :
14 ;
Jer .
32 :
14 ).
Our Lord '
s tomb may have been thus sealed (
Matt .
27 :
66 ).
The practice of sealing doors with clay is still common in the East .
Clay was also in primitive times used for mortar (
Gen .
11 :
3 ).
The "
clay ground "
in which the large vessels of the temple were cast (
1 Kings 7 :
46 ;
2 Chr .
4 :
17 )
was a compact loam fitted for the purpose .
The expression literally rendered is , "
in the thickness of the ground ,",
meaning , "
in stiff ground "
or in clay .
Clay ,
AL --
U .
S .
Census Designated Place in Alabama Population (
2000 ):
4947 Housing Units (
2000 ):
1683 Land area (
2000 ):
10 .
311680 sq .
miles (
26 .
707128 sq .
km )
Water area (
2000 ):
0 .
033070 sq .
miles (
0 .
085652 sq .
km )
Total area (
2000 ):
10 .
344750 sq .
miles (
26 .
792780 sq .
km )
FIPS code :
15256 Located within :
Alabama (
AL ),
FIPS 01 Location :
33 .
700037 N ,
86 .
623032 W ZIP Codes (
1990 ):
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp .
for suburbs .
Headwords :
Clay ,
AL Clay
Clay ,
KY --
U .
S .
city in Kentucky Population (
2000 ):
1179 Housing Units (
2000 ):
541 Land area (
2000 ):
0 .
906318 sq .
miles (
2 .
347352 sq .
km )
Water area (
2000 ):
0 .
000000 sq .
miles (
0 .
000000 sq .
km )
Total area (
2000 ):
0 .
906318 sq .
miles (
2 .
347352 sq .
km )
FIPS code :
15202 Located within :
Kentucky (
KY ),
FIPS 21 Location :
37 .
477969 N ,
87 .
820922 W ZIP Codes (
1990 ):
42404 Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp .
for suburbs .
Headwords :
Clay ,
KY Clay
Clay ,
WV --
U .
S .
town in West Virginia Population (
2000 ):
593 Housing Units (
2000 ):
316 Land area (
2000 ):
0 .
573064 sq .
miles (
1 .
484230 sq .
km )
Water area (
2000 ):
0 .
060451 sq .
miles (
0 .
156568 sq .
km )
Total area (
2000 ):
0 .
633515 sq .
miles (
1 .
640798 sq .
km )
FIPS code :
15676 Located within :
West Virginia (
WV ),
FIPS 54 Location :
38 .
462855 N ,
81 .
080024 W ZIP Codes (
1990 ):
25043 Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp .
for suburbs .
Headwords :
Clay ,
WV Clay
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