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。

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.

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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. ”

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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.

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4. I am well save that I have a clod.

除了患感冒之外,我很精神.

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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.

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