sand

英 [sænd]

美 [sænd]

n.  沙; 沙滩
v.  用砂纸(或打磨机)打磨

复数：sands　现在分词：sanding　过去分词：sanded　过去式：sanded　第三人称单数：sands　

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短语动词

习惯用语

n.

bury/hide your head in the sand
• 采取鸵鸟政策；不正视现实；回避问题
  to refuse to admit that a problem exists or refuse to deal with it
(the) shifting sands (of sth)
• 变幻莫测；变化无常
  used to describe a situation that changes so often that it is difficult to understand or deal with it

牛津词典

noun

• 沙
  a substance that consists of very small fine grains of rock. Sand is found on beaches, in deserts, etc.
  1. a grain of sand
     一粒沙子
  2. Concrete is a mixture of sand and cement.
     混凝土是沙和水泥的混合物。
  3. His hair was the colour of sand.
     他的头发呈沙褐色。
  4. The children were playing in the sand (= for example, in a sandpit ) .
     孩子们正在玩沙子。
• 沙滩
  a large area of sand on a beach
  1. We went for a walk along the sand.
     我们去沙滩上散了散步。
  2. children playing on the sand
     在沙滩上玩耍的儿童
  3. miles of golden sands
     绵延数英里的金色沙滩

verb

• 用砂纸（或打磨机）打磨
  to make sth smooth by rubbing it with sandpaper or using a sander

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 沙;沙子
  Sandis a substance that looks like powder, and consists of extremely small pieces of stone. Some deserts and many beaches are made up of sand.
  1. They all walked barefoot across the damp sand to the water's edge.
     他们全都光着脚走过潮湿的沙地来到水边。
  2. ...grains of sand.
     沙粒
• N-PLURAL (海滨等的)沙滩
  Sandsare a large area of sand, for example a beach.
  1. ...miles of golden sands.
     绵延数英里的金色沙滩
• VERB 用砂纸磨光(或擦净)
  If yousanda wood or metal surface, you rub sandpaper over it in order to make it smooth or clean.
  1. Sand the surface softly and carefully.
     用砂纸仔细而轻柔地打磨表面。
  2. Sand downmeans the same assand.
     sand down 同 sand
  3. I was going to sand down the chairs and repaint them...
     我打算用砂纸把椅子打磨光洁后重新上漆。
  4. Simply sand them down with a fine grade of sandpaper.
     只要用细砂纸把它们打磨一下即可。
• PHRASE 多变;动荡;曲折
  If you refer tothe shifting sands ofa situation, you mean that it changes so often that it is difficult to deal with.
  1. He had been a rock in the shifting sands of her existence.
     他一直是她曲折坎坷的生活中的主心骨。
  2. ...his shrewd tactical skills in the shifting sands of Arab politics.
     他在阿拉伯风云变幻的政局中的高明谋略

英英释义

noun

• fortitude and determination
  1. he didn't have the guts to try it
  Synonym:backbonegritgutsmoxiegumption
• a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

verb

• rub with sandpaper
  1. sandpaper the wooden surface
  Synonym:sandpaper

双语例句

• The girls happily played in the sand and sea with buckets and spades.
  女孩们带着铲子和小桶在沙滩上快活地玩耍。
• Too many golfers try to bash the ball out of sand. That spells disaster
  太多高尔夫球手都想把球从沙子里敲出来，结果酿成了一场灾难。
• The two cars cartwheeled horrifyingly into the sand trap at the first corner.
  那两辆车在第一个拐弯处翻滚着跌入了沙坑，场面十分骇人。
• Wash them in cold water to remove all traces of sand
  用冷水冲洗它们以清除所有的沙子。
• The camel's feet, well adapted for dry sand, are useless on mud.
  骆驼的蹄子虽然非常适合于在干沙上行走，碰到泥泞时却无计可施。
• The sand martin is a brown bird with white underneath
  崖沙燕是一种褐羽白腹的鸟。
• We walked to the furthermost point and then sat on the sand dunes.
  我们走到了最远处，然后坐在了沙丘上。
• They filtered the water through the sand.
  他们用沙子滤水。
• She scooped up a handful of sand and let it trickle through her fingers.
  她抓起一把沙子，让它从指缝里一点点漏下来。
• They all walked barefoot across the damp sand to the water's edge.
  他们全都光着脚走过潮湿的沙地来到水边。