The idea that housing crisis equals concreted meadows is pure lobby talk.

“住房危机”等同于“混泥土草地”的这个想法是纯粹的游说说辞。

Friend, foe, stretched thick together, clay to clay.

敌我的尸体落在一起，用泥土一层又一层覆盖。

As the water is pumped out, the vacant space left is compacted by the weight of the earth above.

当地下水被抽，下的空间会被上面泥土的重量压实。

It is seen as an example of traditional Yemen architecture due to the patterned windows, earth-tone coloring and protruding exterior decorations.

由于它有着图案造型的窗户，泥土的色调以及凸出的外部装饰，它被视为传统也门建筑的范例。

And you must tunnel, writhe and coil, to find me treasure in the soil.

你必须钻土、扭动、蜷缩，替我在泥土里寻找宝藏。

Watch out for mud and other slippery surfaces like rocks.

小心泥土和他光滑的表面，如岩石。

Some birds such as ducks, have flat bills for sieving small bits of food from the mud.

有些鸟像鸭子，它们有扁平的鸟喙来从泥土中筛选食物。

They serve as a natural fertilizer and help support the roots of future crops. They take in rain and allow it to flow into the soil instead of running off.

这个小口子发挥着天然肥料的作用，而且能够帮助支撑之后种下的庄稼的根茎。它们盛纳了雨水并将导入泥土中，而不是任白白流。

I knew that bounding grace of step-that symmetry of mould!

我知道那优雅的台阶停的边界——用泥土覆盖的那么对称！

He shaped the clay into the form of a dog.

他把泥土雕塑成狗的模样。

With fresh dirt on it! Why is there fresh dirt?

上面有新鲜的泥土! 为什么会有新鲜的泥土?

Perhaps a cute bespectacled neuroscientist with hair the color of mud.

或许是位可爱的神经学家四眼妹，有着一头泥土色秀发。

Sow;-while the seeds are lying in the warm earth's bosom deep, And your warm tears fall upon it They will stir in their quiet sleep, And the green blades rise the quicker, perchance, for the tears you weep.

金色种子，播进泥土，静静躺在，母亲怀里，滚烫泪水，扑簌落下，惊蛰声中，睡眠结束，绿色芽苗，破土而出，争相报答，农夫辛苦。

They sleep deep in the heart of the earth's darkness, until some one among them is seized with the desire to awaken.

它们沉睡在泥土黑暗的深处，直到它们周围的中一粒忽然想要苏醒过来。

The mud and dirt act as a form of rudimentary sunscreen, as another example of elephants essentially crafting and using tools.

泥浆和泥土可以作为一种简易的防晒霜，这也是大象制作和使用工具的另一个例子。

Adobe means a building material makes of earth and straw.

土坯是一种由泥土和稻草制成的建筑材料。

Work on the USD $1BN project first commenced in October 2016 with the excavation of over 170,000 cubic metres of earth.

这个耗资10亿美元的项目于2016年10月启动，挖掘了超过17万立方米的泥土。

First story takes us to the South American nation of Brazil where a tragedy at an iron mine has buried parts of a city in mud.

一个故事将我们带到南美国家巴西，在那里，一场发生在铁矿上的悲剧将一座城市的部分地区掩埋在泥土中。

The island of Manhattan has grown, vertically of course with skyscrapers but outwardly as well as dirt and the garbage generated by all those people was used to expand the area they could live on.

曼哈顿岛的规模也今非昔，笔直的摩天大楼，当然，还有利用泥土和人们产生的垃圾从而扩大的可居住地区。

He would poke around in the dirt looking for worms and insects to eat.

他会在泥土中四处窥探，找虫子吃。