单词 | quicksanded |
释义 | > as lemmasˈquicksanded ˈquicksanded adj. full of quicksand, having quicksands. ΚΠ 1618 G. Mynshul Ess. Prison 30 Many men..forsake the calmes of their owne happy fortunes, to arriue on these quicksanded Shores. 1744 Man Superior to Woman 14 Wasted and destroy'd in their Passages through these quick-sanded baneful Channels. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 11 June 5/2 The man who at sixty-one years of age..was crossing unbridged quick-sanded rivers. 1945 J. Marshall Santa Fe (ed. 4) viii. 114 They thrived on obstacles and loved a fight, whether against a snow-capped lava mountain, a quick-sanded stream or a war party of Cheyennes. < as lemmas |
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