clay
US /kleɪ/
UK /kleɪ/
1.
黏土, 陶土
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.
陶藝師將濕黏土塑造成一個漂亮的花瓶。
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The soil in this area is rich in clay.
這個地區的土壤富含黏土。
2.
軀殼, 肉體
the human body, especially as contrasted with the spirit or soul
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The spirit left its mortal clay.
靈魂離開了凡人的軀殼。
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He was just a lump of clay in the hands of fate.
他只是命運手中的一團泥土。