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

• Thomas was playing in a little fenced area full of sand.
  托马斯在一小块围起来的满是沙子的地上玩耍。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's hard to walk on the soft sand.
  沙土地暄，不好走。
• Water bubbled up through the sand.
  水从沙里冒出气泡。
• 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。
• 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。
• When the children come in covered in sand you can just hose them down.
  当孩子全身沾满沙子进门时，你可以直接用水龙带将他们冲洗干净。
• She thought of the tide rushing in, covering the wet sand
  她想象潮汐涌来，淹没潮湿的沙滩。
• The children tumbled about in the sand pit.
  小孩在沙坑里翻滚着玩。