clod

英 [klɒd]

美 [klɑːd]

n.  泥块; 土块; 笨蛋; 蠢人; 傻瓜

复数：clods　

BNC.24612 / COCA.21392

牛津词典

noun

• 泥块；土块
  a lump of earth or clay
• 笨蛋；蠢人；傻瓜
  a stupid person

柯林斯词典

• 大泥块;大土块
  Aclod ofearth is a large lump of earth.

英英释义

noun

• a compact mass
  1. a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder
  Synonym:ballgloblumpclumpchunk
• an awkward stupid person
  Synonym:loutstumblebumgoonoaflubberlummoxlumpgawk

双语例句

• The female mites live through the winter in deciduous leaves, clod cracks and weed roots.
  该螨在吉林省长春地区一年发生6～8代，以雌螨在落叶、土块缝隙、杂草根际等处越冬。
• The structure of the rotary blade can break up the clod easily;
  在除草作业的同时，滚切刀的刀齿结构还可以有效的破碎土块；
• What a clod he must think I am.
  他一定认为我是个大笨蛋。
• A clod of silt can easily be crumbled in the fingers.
  手指能很容易把一块泥土粉碎。
• I did not leave a clod of earth unturned; I gathered together all the peasants, men and women, from the neighbouring villages; the work went on at a tremendous pace.
  我不漏过一块未翻耕的土地，把附近村子里所有的农民，无论男人女人都聚到了一起，工作以极大的速度进展着。
• A boy threw a clod of mud while he was thus reflecting and hit him upon the arm.
  正当他想着这些时，一个男孩扔过来一团泥块，打中了他的手臂。
• 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。
• Get off my porch, you stupid clod!
  离开我的门廊，你这愚蠢的笨蛋！
• Had I been a mere clod, you would not have desired me for a husband.
  如果我仅仅是个草包，你也就不会渴望嫁给我了。
• "Yes, I've read'm," he broke in impulsively, spurred on to exhibit and make the most of his little store of book knowledge, desirous of showing her that he was not wholly a stupid clod.
  “啊，我读过，”他冲动地插嘴说，急于表现自己，炫耀自己那一点书本知识，让她知道他并不完全是个白痴。