[mass noun]a stiff, sticky fine-grained earth, typically yellow, red, or bluish-grey in colour and often forming an impermeable layer in the soil. It can be moulded when wet, and is dried and baked to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics 黏土,泥土,陶土 ■(technical)sediment with particles smaller than silt, typically less than 0.002 mm (技)过滤黏土(沉淀物,分子小于淤泥,直径多小于0.002毫米) ■a hardened clay surface for a tennis court (网球场的)硬固泥地 ■(poetic/literary)the substance of the human body (诗/文)肉体,人体 this lifeless clay. 这毫无生气的躯体。
a European moth with yellowish-brown wings 黄棕翼欧洲蛾
Several species in the family Noctuidae, in particular the clay (Mythimnia ferrago) 夜蛾科,数种,尤指黄黏虫夜蛾(拉丁名Mythimnia ferrago)