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单词 sandbag
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sandbag1 nounsandbag2 verb
sandbagsand‧bag1 /ˈsændbæɡ/ noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Emergency workers built a sandbag barricade as 60 patients were put on evacuation stand-by.
  • He also collected sandbags and wood to barricade the Legation buildings.
  • Mickey Andrews describes their use: We would only fill a sandbag about two-thirds full.
  • Simple tasks like filling sandbags or carrying water to the shower area were suddenly difficult.
  • Swiftly, Ace clambered over the red-stained sandbags, and checked the door.
  • The men inside the Camp Holloway compound slept behind sandbag walls and had bunkers to duck into if the mortars came.
  • Under bright overhead lights at one end of the shed a chair had been positioned, banked on three sides by sandbags.
a bag filled with sand, used for protection against floods, explosions etc
sandbag1 nounsandbag2 verb
sandbagsandbag2 verb (past tense and past participle sandbagged, present participle sandbagging) Verb Table
VERB TABLE
sandbag
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theysandbag
he, she, itsandbags
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theysandbagged
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave sandbagged
he, she, ithas sandbagged
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad sandbagged
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill sandbag
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have sandbagged
Continuous Form
PresentIam sandbagging
he, she, itis sandbagging
you, we, theyare sandbagging
PastI, he, she, itwas sandbagging
you, we, theywere sandbagging
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been sandbagging
he, she, ithas been sandbagging
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been sandbagging
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be sandbagging
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been sandbagging
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Morley accused Franklin of sandbagging him by not telling him the full story.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • About 1 a.m., sandbagging is finished.
  • Haller said all sandbagging was finished about 1 a.m.
  • Residents continue to sandbag about 25 homes to protect them from the river.
  • So the 49ers were sandbagging in the preseason, throwing their fourth-stringers to the wolves and saving the first-stringers for the season.
  • Symmetrical coils of barbed wire obstructed most streets, and houses were sloppily sandbagged.
  • Then he stiffened as if sandbagged by a sudden recollection, gave a small yelp of terror and dashed into the gloom.
  • Walk up to the gates and you feel like you have been sandbagged in the stomach.
1[intransitive, transitive] to put sandbags around a building in order to protect it from a flood or explosion2[transitive] to treat someone unfairly in order to prevent them from doing something or being successful
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