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单词 quicksandy
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ˈquicksandy
ˈquicksandy adj. of the nature of or characterized by quicksand.
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1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket vi. 270 The rotten, moorish, quicke-sandy grounds, that some haue set their edifices on.
1738 J. Thomson Sir Solomon Gundi 48 Thrice raised from Quick Sandy clay.
1857 J. G. Parke & A. H. Campbell Gen. Rep. (U.S. War Dept.: Rep. Explor. Route to Pacific VII) i. 10 [In] the rainy season..there is more or less danger in crossing, owing to the quicksandy nature of the beds.
a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) vi. 50 Thousands of acres, unpathed, quicksandy.
1995 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 1 Oct. 45 a He lectured on the sometimes salty, always quicksandy, meandering river to a gathering of the East Texas Historical Association.
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