sand

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n. 沙, 沙子, 沙滩, 光阴, 生涯 vt. 撒沙, 以沙掩盖

发音

US /ˈsænd/

词形变化

sands 复数 sanded sanding sands 三单 sands sanding 现在分词 sanded 过去式 sanded 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

撒沙于；以沙掩盖；用砂纸等擦平或磨光某物；使撒沙似地布满；给…掺沙子

to make a surface smooth by rubbing it with sandpaper or using a special piece of equipment

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

    沙

    沙子

    沙仔

    不可数
  2. 2.

    Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

    A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

    A beach or other mass of sand.

    可数 不可数

    The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil.

  4. 4.

    Personal courage.

    过时 不可数
  5. 5.

    A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

    不可数 地质
  6. 6.

    A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

    不可数
  7. 7.

    A single grain of sand.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  8. 8.

    A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).

    可数 比喻 不可数

    Cf. sands of time (idiom)

  9. 9.

    Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).

    不可数
  10. 10.

    Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).

    "sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom)

    比喻 不可数

    Cf. Sandman, a mythical character in European folklore who puts people to sleep and encourages and inspires beautiful dreams by sprinkling magical sand onto their eyes.

  11. 11.

    Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).

    An excuse for tears.

    不可数

    Cf. “Sand in My Eyes”, in TV Tropes, 1 March 2023 (last accessed): “Alternative Title(s): Something In My Eye”

  12. 1.

    Ellipsis of sandpiper.

    非正式 生物 动物学
v.
  1. 1.

    To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To cover with sand.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To blot ink using sand.

    历史 及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

guts backbone grit moxie gumption

上位词 3

dirt soil fortitude

部分词 2

si silicon

整体词 6

beach tongue spit concrete quicksand sandbar
动词

同义词 1

sandpaper

上位词 2

smooth smoothen

相关短语

sand nigger sand down sand cat 沙猫 sand bar 河口沙洲, [海洋][地理] 沙洲 sand fly [医] 白蛉 sand cats sand flea [医] 沙蚤 Sand Dancer sand whiting sand dollar n. 海胆; 沙钱 sand wedge 沙楔 sand wedges

词源

From Middle English sond, sand, from Old English sand, from Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz. See also North Frisian sun, Sön, sönj (“sand”), Saterland Frisian Sound (“sand”), West Frisian sân (“sand”), Dutch zand (“sand”), German, Luxembourgish Sand (“sand”), Yiddish זאַמד (zamd, “sand”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish sand (“sand”), Faroese and Icelandic sandur (“sand”), Latin sabulum (“sand, gravel”), Ancient Greek ἄμαθος (ámathos, “sand”), English dialectal samel (“sand bottom”), Old Irish do·essim (“to pour out”), Latin sentina (“bilge water”), Lithuanian sémti (“to scoop”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “to gather”), ἄμη (ámē, “water bucket”).

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