dry hard clay 中文意思是什麼
dry hard clay
解釋
干硬粘土-
It would make the reader pity me, or rather laugh at me, to tell how many awkward ways i took to raise this paste, what odd mishapen ugly things i made, how many of them fell in, and how many fell out, the clay not being stiff enough to bear its own weight ; how many crack d by the over violent heat of the sun, being set out too hastily ; and how many fell in pieces with only removing, as well before as after they were dry d ; and in a word, how after having labour d hard to find the clay, to dig it, to temper it, to bring it home and work it ; i could not make above two large earthern ugly things, i cannot call them jarrs, in about two months labour
我不知用了多少笨拙的方法去調合陶土，也不知做出了多少奇形怪狀的醜陋的傢伙有多少因為陶土太軟，吃不住本身的重量，不是凹進去，就是凸出來。根本不合用又有多少因為曬得太早，太陽熱力過猛而曬裂了也有多少在曬干后一搬動就碎裂了。一句話，我費了很大的力氣去找陶土，找到后把土挖出來，調合好，運回家，再做成泥甕。 -
Clay makes the soil hard to work when wet and it cracks when dry.
粘土遇濕使土壤無法耕作，遇旱使土壤發生龜裂。 -
I had long study d by some means or other, to make my self some earthen vessels, which indeed i wanted sorely, but knew not where to come at them : however, considering the heat of the climate, i did not doubt but if i could find out any such clay, i might botch up some such pot, as might, being dry d in the sun, be hard enough, and strong enough to bear handling, and to hold any thing that was dry, and requir d to be kept so ; and as this was necessary in the preparing corn, meal, etc. which was the thing i was upon, i resolv d to make some as large as i could, and fit only to stand like jarrs to hold what should be put into them
我早就想用什麼辦法製造一些陶器，我急需這類東西，可就是不知怎麼做。這里氣候炎熱，因此，我敢肯定，只要能找到陶土，就能做一些缽子或罐子，然後放到太陽底下曬干炎熱的太陽一定能把陶土曬得既堅硬又結實，並能經久耐用，可以用來裝一些需要保存的干東西。要加工糧食，製造麵粉等工作，就必需要有盛器貯藏。
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