[mass noun]a kind of clay used as a building material, typically in the form of sun-dried bricks 砖坯黏土(尤指晒干的土坯砖) [as modifier]adobe houses. 土坯砖房。 ■[count noun]a brick of such a type 土砖 ■[count noun](US)a building constructed from such material (美)土砖建筑
语源
mid 18th cent.: from Spanish, from adobar 'to plaster', from Arabic aṭ-ṭūb, from al 'the' + ṭūb 'bricks'