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

• Get off my porch, you stupid clod!
  离开我的门廊，你这愚蠢的笨蛋！
• "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。
• 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。
• In the youth of earth, the whole earth was like a coal clod taken from stove.
  在地球年轻时，整个地球像是一块刚从火炉取出的煤块。
• Surface pressure field was mainly controlled by the huge clod high pressure.
  地面气压场主要受庞大的冷高压控制。
• If a clod be washed away by the sea.
  如果有一片泥土被海冲走。
• My friend got clod feet before the exam.
  我的朋友在考试前打退堂鼓了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Despite his college degree, a clod is still a clod.
  尽管他有大学文凭，一位笨蛋，仍然是笨蛋。