sands

英 [sændz]

美 [sændz]

n.  沙; 沙滩
v.  用砂纸(或打磨机)打磨
sand的第三人称单数和复数

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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

• the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
  Synonym:littorallitorallittoral zone

双语例句

• Sunshine, sands, sea, blue sky and relaxed people.
  阳光，沙滩，海浪，蓝天和休闲的人们。
• And it is concluded that the aeolian sands and loess are the sediments in the dry-cold period.
  风成沙和黄土是晚更新世以来相对干冷气候时期沉积的。
• The sands are running out, we must have the money by tomorrow.
  剩下的时间不多了，我们明天得弄到这笔钱。
• The Sands Macao injected glamour into the city.
  澳门金沙赌场为这座城市注入了魅力。
• Channel and point-bar sands may be clean and well-sorted.
  河道砂和河曲沙坝砂可以是干净的和分选良好的。
• Indoor and outdoor experiments on the characteristics of the cement added fine sands for Shifosi Reservoir were carried out.
  采用室内试验和现场原型试验，对辽河石佛寺水库库区内掺入水泥后粉细砂的特性进行了研究。
• Several children were running about on the sands.
  几个孩子在沙滩上跑来跑去。
• This will occur both in sands and clays.
  这在砂土地和粘土地带常常发生。
• In what happened at coral sands beach.
  在“珊瑚沙”海滩都发生了些什么。
• They lost their way in the shifting sands of the sahara.
  他们在撒哈拉沙漠的流沙中迷路了。