clod

• n. 土块；笨蛋；牛颈肉
• vt. 对…掷土块

来自PIE*glei,黏，粘，词源同clay,clump.词义由粘连到聚集成块。

1. a compact mass;

"a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"

2. an awkward stupid person

clod (n.)

"lump of earth or clay," Old English clod- (in clodhamer "the fieldfare," a kind of thrush, literally "field-goer"), from Proto-Germanic *kludda-, from PIE *gleu- (see clay).

Synonymous with collateral clot until meaning differentiated 18c. Meaning "person" ("mere lump of earth") is from 1590s; that of "blockhead" is from c. 1600 (compare clodpate, clodpoll, etc.). It also was a verb in Middle English, meaning both "to coagulate, form into clods" and "to break up clods after plowing."

A clod of silt can easily be crumbled in the fingers.

手指能很容易把一块泥土粉碎.

辞典例句

Eisenhower, clod and grumpy, said, " Well, I thought you should have done this a long time ago. "

艾森豪威尔冷淡而粗暴地说: “ 唔, 我认为你早就应该这样做了. ”

辞典例句

These people can blow hot and clod to serve their purpose.

这些人为自己的目的可出尔反尔.

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I am well save that I have a clod.

除了患感冒之外,我很精神.

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I felt very discouraged , when he threw clod water on my idal.

当他在我的意见上泼冷水时,我觉得心灰意冷.

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A bitter storm of slt , dense and ice - clod, swept the wet streets.

刺骨的暴风夹着密集而寒冷的风雪, 扫过湿漉漉的街道.

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Don't pour clod water on the idea.

对这个意见不要浇冷水.

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Hasty love, soon clod.

爱得匆忙冷得快.

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Feed a clod and starve a fever.

着凉得多吃,发烧得挨饿.

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The weather is so clod, please keep warm.

天气很冷, 请注意保暖.

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In most area of China winter is very clod and windy and with heavy snow.

中国大部分地区的冬天是即冷又有风的.而且还会下厚厚的积雪.

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It is mainly used in home double - door refrigerators, ice machines, clod storages and the refrigeration appliances.

主要用于家用双开门电冰箱 、 制冷机 、 冷藏箱制冷器具.

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If a clod be washed away by the sea, Motherland is the less.

如果海浪冲掉了一块岩石, 欧洲就减少.

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What spirit can awake your awareness from clod winter, frost, ice and snow?

是何人唤醒你的知觉,从隆冬, 从霜雾, 从寒冰中,从白雪里?

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She picked up a clod of earth on the mountain, and insisted it was a treasure.

她在山上捡了一块土疙瘩愣说是珍宝.

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