| 单词 | wreath of sand |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswreath of sand b. A long sloping or flat-topped mound of sand; an accumulation of drifted sand. Frequently in wreath of sand. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun] > ridge of sand full1749 wreath1772 wave1789 sand belt1865 yardang1904 1772 S. Law Domest. Winter-piece i. 26 The briny surges of the ocean swell'd; Whose troubled waters roll'd against the strand, And, foaming, lash'd the golden wreaths of sand. 1854 H. Keddie Phemie Millar II. i. 2 The sand was blown into huge wreaths rising level with walls, and blocking up garden doors. 1888 R. L. Stevenson in Scribner's Mag. Feb. 251/1 Endless links and sand wreaths. 1926 Courier (Dundee) 13 Mar. 5/7 Over half a mile of the line is under wreaths of sand six to twelve feet deep. 2017 Kincardineshire Observer (Nexis) 3 Mar. His car stuck in a wreath of sand across Stonehaven promenade before he even got to the scene. < as lemmas |
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