clod 土块,笨蛋来自PIE*glei,黏,粘,词源同clay,clump.词义由粘连到聚集成块。
- 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."
- 1. A clod of silt can easily be crumbled in the fingers.
- 手指能很容易把一块泥土粉碎.
- 2. 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. ”
- 3. 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.
- 4. I am well save that I have a clod.
- 除了患感冒之外,我很精神.
- 5. 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.