clod

/klɒd/ (bre, ipa) · /klɑːd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkläd How to pronounce clod (audio)/ (ame, mw)

clod — 名詞

  • clodsingular
  • clodsplural

1. a chunk of dirt or clay that stays together as one lump.

1.名詞C1
釋義

土塊；泥塊

結成塊的泥土或黏土

a chunk of dirt or clay that stays together as one lump.

例句

After the rain, Jiwoo kicked a clod of mud off the path.

下雨後，Jiwoo 把路上的一塊泥塊踢開了。

a clod of + mud

A clod of dry earth broke loose from the flowerpot.

花盆裡的一塊乾土塊鬆開掉了下來。

a clod of + earth

同義詞
  • lump

    the closest everyday word for one solid piece of material

  • chunk

    often suggests a thicker broken piece

  • clump

    can overlap, but often suggests several things gathered together

文法句型

a clod of + mud/earth/clay

clods of soil

用法筆記

Usually appears with of plus earth, mud, clay, or soil. Unlike sense 2, this sense names a physical lump of ground, not a foolish person.

2. a person who seems slow to understand simple things and behaves foolishly.

2.名詞C1
釋義

笨蛋；呆子

愚蠢又反應慢的人

a person who seems slow to understand simple things and behaves foolishly.

例句

Everyone laughed when Ari called himself a clod for missing the easy answer.

Ari 因為漏答那題簡單的題目，笑自己是個笨蛋。

call someone a clod

Don't be such a clod and leave the freezer door open.

別像個呆子一樣，把冷凍庫的門開著不關。

such a clod

同義詞
  • fool

    the broad everyday word for someone who acts unwisely

  • idiot

    stronger and more insulting in modern use

  • oaf

    also suggests awkward or clumsy behaviour

反義詞
  • genius

    someone extremely clever rather than foolish

文法句型

call someone a clod

such a clod

what a clod

用法筆記

Used as a blunt insult for someone who seems dense or awkward, sometimes in a joking way. Unlike sense 1, it refers to a person rather than a lump of earth.