单词 | sand |
释义 | sand /saend; saend/ n 1 [U] (mass of) finely crushed rock as seen on the seashore, in riverbeds, deserts, etc: 沙: mix ~ and cement ta make concrete. 将沙和水泥混合造成混凝土。 2 (often pl) expanse of ~ (on the seashore or a desert): (常用复数) (海滩上或沙漠中的) 沙地: children playing on the ~(s). 在沙地玩耍的小孩们。 3 (pl) (复) The ~ are running out. (with reference to the ~ running through an hour-glass, etc) There is not much time left; time is passing. (源自沙漏等中流下的沙) 余时不多了。 4 (compounds) (U合字) '~-bag n bag filled with ~ used as a defence (in war, against rising flood-water, etc). 沙袋; 沙包 (用于作战, 防洪等) 。 '~-bank n bank or shoal of ~ in a river or the sea. (M 或海的) 沙洲; 沙滩; 浅滩。 ~bar n bank of ~ at the mouth of a river or harbour. (河口或港口的) 沙洲。 '~-blast vt [VP6A] send a jet of ~ against sth, eg stonework, to clean it, or against metal or glass to cut or make a design on it. (用压缩空气等喷出以淸洗石造物,或割切金属、玻璃等之) 谶沙。 ,~boy n (now used only in) (现仅用于) as happy as a —boy. very happy. 极快业。' ~ dune n mound of ~, formed by the wind. 沙丘。 '~-fly n (pl -flies) kind of midge common on seashores. 沙蝇; 翊。 '■ ~-glass n glass with two connected bulbs containing enough ~ to take a definite time, eg five minutes, one hour, in passing from one bulb to the other. 沙漏; 沙钟。 ' ~- paper n [U] strong paper with ~ glued to it, used for rubbing rough surfaces smooth. 沙纸。 vt [VP6A] make smooth with ~paper. 用沙纸磨光。 , ~ .piper n small bird living in wet, sandy places near streams. 矶鹤 (栖于溪流附近之湿沙地的 - 种小鸟) 。 uthe illus at water. 参看 water 之插图。 '~-pit n unroofed enclosure filled with ~, for children to play in. 沙坑 (供儿童游戏用) 。 '~-shoes n pl canvas shoes with rubber or hemp soles for wearing on sandy seashores, (沙滩上穿之) 橡皮或大麻底的帆布畦。 '~stone n rock formed of compressed ~. 砂咅。 '~-storm n storm in a sandy desert with clouds of ~ raised by the wind. 夫风沙; 沙暴。 vt [VP6A] cover, sprinkle or scrub with 覆以沙; 撒以沙; 用沙或沙纸磨擦。 sandy adj (-ier, -iest) 1 covered with or consisting of 由有初的; 沙质的: a ~y bottom, eg of part of the sea. 莎质的 (浦) 底。 2 (of hair, etc) yellowish-red. (指毛发等) 沙色的; 浅茶色的。 n (colloq) nickname given to a person with yellowish-red hair. (俗) 发呈沙色之人的绰号。 |
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