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
Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2470 / COCA.2205
短语动词
sand down
1. 用砂纸磨光(或擦净)
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.- a grain of sand
一粒沙子 - Concrete is a mixture of sand and cement.
混凝土是沙和水泥的混合物。 - His hair was the colour of sand.
他的头发呈沙褐色。 - The children were playing in the sand (= for example, in a sandpit ) .
孩子们正在玩沙子。
- a grain of sand
- 沙滩
a large area of sand on a beach- We went for a walk along the sand.
我们去沙滩上散了散步。 - children playing on the sand
在沙滩上玩耍的儿童 - miles of golden sands
绵延数英里的金色沙滩
- We went for a walk along the sand.
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.- 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。 - ...grains of sand.
沙粒
- They all walked barefoot across the damp sand to the water's edge.
- N-PLURAL (海滨等的)沙滩
Sandsare a large area of sand, for example a beach.- ...miles of golden sands.
绵延数英里的金色沙滩
- ...miles of golden sands.
- 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.- Sand the surface softly and carefully.
用砂纸仔细而轻柔地打磨表面。 - Sand downmeans the same assand.
sand down 同 sand - 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。 - 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。
- Sand the surface softly and carefully.
- 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.- 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。 - ...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
- He had been a rock in the shifting sands of her existence.
英英释义
noun
- fortitude and determination
- he didn't have the guts to try it
- a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
verb
- rub with sandpaper
- sandpaper the wooden surface
双语例句
- Manufactured glass is made by fusing various types of sand
人造玻璃是将各种不同类型的沙子熔合在一起制成的。 - They filtered the water through the sand.
他们用沙子滤水。 - He felt tiny bits of grit and sand peppering his knees.
他感到细小的沙砾不断打在膝盖上。 - Sand blew in our eyes
沙子吹进了我们的眼睛里。 - 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。 - Rain had soaked into the sand.
雨水渗入了沙地。 - 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。 - 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。 - Sand the surface softly and carefully.
用砂纸仔细而轻柔地打磨表面。 - 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。