| 单词 | sand |
| 释义 | sand n. & v. --n 1. a loose granular substance resulting from the wearing down of esp. siliceous rocks and found on the seashore, river-beds, deserts, etc. 2. (in pl.) grains of sand. 3. (in pl.) an expanse or tracts of sand. 4. a light yellow-brown colour like that of sand. 5. (in pl.) a sandbank. 6. US colloq. firmness of purpose; grit. --vtr. 1. smooth or polish with sandpaper or sand. 2. sprinkle or overlay with, or bury under, sand. 3. adulterate (sugar etc.) with sand. Phrases and idioms sand bar a sandbank at the mouth of a river or US on the coast. sand-bath a vessel of heated sand to provide uniform heating. sand-bed a stratum of sand. sand-cloud driving sand in a simoom. sand-crack 1. a fissure in a horse's hoof. 2. a crack in the human foot from walking on hot sand. 3. a crack in brick due to imperfect mixing. sand dollar US any of various round flat sea urchins, esp. of the order Clypeasteroida. sand-dune (or -hill) a mound or ridge of sand formed by the wind. sand eel any eel-like fish of the family Ammodytidae or Hypotychidae: also called LAUNCE. sand-flea a chigoe or sand-hopper. sand-glass = HOURGLASS. sand-groper Austral. 1. a gold-rush pioneer. 2. joc. a Western Australian. sand-hill a dune. sand-hopper any of various small jumping crustaceans of the order Amphipoda, burrowing on the seashore. sand-martin a swallow-like bird, Riparia riparia, nesting in the side of a sandy bank etc. the sands are running out the allotted time is nearly at an end. sand-shoe a shoe with a canvas, rubber, hemp, etc., sole for use on sand. sand-skipper = sand-hopper. sand-yacht a boat on wheels propelled along a beach by wind. Derivatives sander n. sandlike adj. Etymology: OE sand f. Gmc |
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