clay
US /kleɪ/
UK /kleɪ/
1.
점토
a stiff, sticky fine-grained earth, typically yellow, red, or bluish-gray in color and often forming an impermeable layer in the soil. It can be molded when wet and is dried and fired to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics.
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The potter shaped the wet clay into a beautiful vase.
도예가는 젖은 점토를 아름다운 꽃병으로 만들었다.
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The soil in this area is rich in clay.
이 지역의 토양은 점토가 풍부하다.
2.
육신, 몸
the human body, especially as contrasted with the spirit or soul
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The spirit left its mortal clay.
영혼은 필멸의 육신을 떠났다.
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He was just a lump of clay in the hands of fate.
그는 운명의 손에 쥐어진 한 덩이의 점토에 불과했다.