clays

英 [kleɪz]

美 [kleɪz]

n.  黏土; 陶土
clay的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-MASS 黏土;陶土
  Clayis a kind of earth that is soft when it is wet and hard when it is dry. Clay is shaped and baked to make things such as pots and bricks.
  1. ...the heavy clay soils of Cambridgeshire...
     剑桥郡的重黏土质土壤
  2. As the wheel turned, the potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.
     随着陶轮的转动，制陶工人缓慢挤压陶泥块，塑出优美的造型。
  3. ...a little clay pot.
     小陶罐
• N-UNCOUNT 红土网球场;沙地网球场
  In tennis, matches played onclayare played on courts whose surface is covered with finely crushed stones or brick.
  1. Most tennis is played on hard courts, but a substantial amount is played on clay...
     多数网球比赛在硬地球场上举行，不过也有相当数量的比赛在红土球场上进行。
  2. He was a clay-court specialist who won Wimbledon five times.
     他是红土场上的专家，曾5次在温布尔登夺冠。
• PHRASE （受人崇仰的人的）不为人知的严重缺点(或缺陷)
  If you say that a person who is respected or admired hasfeet of clayor hasclay feet, you mean that they have serious faults which you or other people did not know about before.
  1. When those idols are found to have feet of clay, the pain of disenchantment can be profound.
     当人们发现那些偶像有严重的缺陷时，会产生无比痛苦的失落感。

双语例句

• Most filters use an ultra fine mesh to support a thin layer of filter powder ( made from diatomaceous earth and activated clays).
  大多数过滤器使用一超细网格支持薄薄的过滤器粉（由硅藻土和活性粘土）。
• This will occur both in sands and clays.
  这在砂土地和粘土地带常常发生。
• This paper discussed the rocky features, causes of formation, distribution and engineering geological features of the clays in Wuhan Region.
  论述了武汉地区各类粘土的岩性特征、成因、分布，以及工程地质特征。
• This result is a breakthrough in plain damming technology under lacking suitable dam shell materials and clays, and has positive boosting to our country damming technology development.
  本文的研究成果，是缺乏合适的坝壳料和粘性土料平原地区筑坝技术的一大突破，对我国筑坝技术的发展有着积极的推动作用。
• Four clays later he was dead.
  四天之后他就与世长辞了。
• Thus clays and shales tend to be impermeable.
  因此粘土和页岩就往往不透水。
• These soils are well developed and contain a subsurface horizon in which clays have accumulated.
  发育良好，土表下有一层粘土淀积土层。
• Results of experiments show that flow in micro-scale pore of saturated clays follows law of nonlinear flow.
  实验结果表明饱和粘土微尺度孔隙渗流为非线性流。
• Heat-blocking refractory clays and metal heat shields extend the range of suitable applications safely.
  用热阻断耐火粘土和金属隔热层以扩大安全合适的应用范围。
• Experimental study on the yield surface and flow rule of natural clays
  天然软黏土屈服面及流动法则试验研究