名词

陶土，粘土

词形变化

形容词clayey，clayish

单词分析

这些名词都有“土地，土，泥”之意。

earth多指地表带有水分的泥土，较具体。

clay特指潮湿时发粘，而火烤后变坚硬的泥土。

dirt指地表的干松泥土。

land含义笼统。指与河流、海洋相对的陆地，也指可耕种的土地。

dust特指土壤干燥后，飞扬于空中的细微泥土。

soil特指适宜栽种农作物或生长各种植物的泥土。

mud指湿土，尤指雨后稀泥、污泥。

ground通常指大地的表面，也可指土壤、泥土或场地。

英语解释

a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired

United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)

water soaked soil; soft wet earth

the dead body of a human being

United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)