| 单词 | sandcastle |
| 释义 | > as lemmassandcastle sandcastle n. a structure of sand resembling the form of a castle, of the kind made by a child on the beach; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > mud-pie or sandcastle dirt-piea1642 mud-pie1788 sand pie1833 sandcastle1854 1854 C. M. Yonge Castle Builders v. 63 The children are..dabbling after sea-weed and shells, and building sand castles. 1866 Chambers's Jrnl. 6 Jan. 16/2 (title) Sand-Castles. 1925 H. G. Wells Christina Alberta's Father i. iv. 95 They had..camped on the beach while Mr. Preemby and Christina Alberta had made sand-castles. 1975 C. A. Haddad Moroccan i. 5 We tried to build a sandcastle romance out of our few short months in the [desert] sand. 1980 D. Newsome On Edge of Paradise vii. 228 Playing like children on the beach..making sand-castles. < as lemmas |
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