clod

• n.土の塊；愚か者；牛の首肉
• vt.土の塊を投げつける。

PIE*glei,粘着性、粘着性の語源で、語源的には粘土、塊と同じ。語源は塊に重合するclingから。

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.

指は簡単に土を粉砕することができる.

2.Eisenhower， clod and grumpy，said，"Well，I thought you should have done this a long time ago."

アイゼンハワーは冷たく乱暴に言った。「うん、君はとっくにそうすべきだったと思う」

3.These people can blow hot and clod to serve their purpose.

これらの人々は自分の目的に反することができる。

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

風邪を引く以外は元気です。

5.I felt very discouraged,when he threw clod water on my idal.

彼が私の意見に水をかけたとき、私はがっかりした。