英语词汇“quicksand”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

quick·sand

(kwĭksănd′)

1. Sand that is mixed with water in a collected mass and yields easily to pressure so that objects on its surface tend to sink and become engulfed.

2. often quicksands A place or situation into which entry can be swift and sudden but from which extrication can be difficult or impossible: "This theory of the future entrapped [them] in the quicksands of Vietnam" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)

[Middle English quyksond, living sand : quick, quyk, living; see QUICK + sand, sond, sand; see SAND.]

单词	quicksand
释义	quick·sand (kwĭksănd′) n. 1. Sand that is mixed with water in a collected mass and yields easily to pressure so that objects on its surface tend to sink and become engulfed. 2. often quicksands A place or situation into which entry can be swift and sudden but from which extrication can be difficult or impossible: "This theory of the future entrapped [them] in the quicksands of Vietnam" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.) [Middle English quyksond, living sand : quick, quyk, living; see QUICK + sand, sond, sand; see SAND.]
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