陶土,粘土 词形变化
- 形容词 clayey,clayish
- 这些名词都有“土地,土,泥”之意。
earth多指地表带有水分的泥土,较具体。
clay特指潮湿时发粘,而火烤后变坚硬的泥土。
dirt指地表的干松泥土。
land含义笼统。指与河流、海洋相对的陆地,也指可耕种的土地。
dust特指土壤干燥后,飞扬于空中的细微泥土。
soil特指适宜栽种农作物或生长各种植物的泥土。
mud指湿土,尤指雨后稀泥、污泥。
ground通常指大地的表面,也可指土壤、泥土或场地。
- a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
- United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
- water soaked soil; soft wet earth
- the dead body of a human being
- United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)