sands

英 [sændz]

美 [sændz]

n.  沙; 沙滩
v.  用砂纸(或打磨机)打磨
sand的第三人称单数和复数

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柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 沙;沙子
  Sandis a substance that looks like powder, and consists of extremely small pieces of stone. Some deserts and many beaches are made up of sand.
  1. They all walked barefoot across the damp sand to the water's edge.
     他们全都光着脚走过潮湿的沙地来到水边。
  2. ...grains of sand.
     沙粒
• N-PLURAL (海滨等的)沙滩
  Sandsare a large area of sand, for example a beach.
  1. ...miles of golden sands.
     绵延数英里的金色沙滩
• VERB 用砂纸磨光(或擦净)
  If yousanda wood or metal surface, you rub sandpaper over it in order to make it smooth or clean.
  1. Sand the surface softly and carefully.
     用砂纸仔细而轻柔地打磨表面。
  2. Sand downmeans the same assand.
     sand down 同 sand
  3. I was going to sand down the chairs and repaint them...
     我打算用砂纸把椅子打磨光洁后重新上漆。
  4. Simply sand them down with a fine grade of sandpaper.
     只要用细砂纸把它们打磨一下即可。
• PHRASE 多变;动荡;曲折
  If you refer tothe shifting sands ofa situation, you mean that it changes so often that it is difficult to deal with.
  1. He had been a rock in the shifting sands of her existence.
     他一直是她曲折坎坷的生活中的主心骨。
  2. ...his shrewd tactical skills in the shifting sands of Arab politics.
     他在阿拉伯风云变幻的政局中的高明谋略

英英释义

noun

• the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
  Synonym:littorallitorallittoral zone

双语例句

• The growth prospects of oil sands have been underpinned recently by the rising price of crude oil.
  最近原油价格的不断上涨，也为油砂资源的发展前景提供了支撑。
• They have made plans to hold shifting sands.
  他们制订了控制流沙的计划。
• Fluviatile sands deposited by delta distributaries are quartzose.
  三角洲分流中沉积的河流砂是石英质的。
• It was here that its work on the Long Lake oil sands project paid off.
  中海油在长湖油砂项目中付出的努力在这里得到了回报。
• There were sugar sands and islands of fern and pearl, palm jungles and stretches of a never-ending sea.
  有蕨类和珍珠、棕榈林和无尽伸展着的海的甜蜜沙滩和岛屿。
• The Sands Macao injected glamour into the city.
  澳门金沙赌场为这座城市注入了魅力。
• He had been a rock in the shifting sands of her existence.
  他一直是她曲折坎坷的生活中的主心骨。
• Dry reclamation of sodium silicate-bonded sands is reviewed in the paper.
  水玻璃砂的干法再生主要是解决溃散性和脱膜率问题。
• Sunshine, sands, sea, blue sky and relaxed people.
  阳光，沙滩，海浪，蓝天和休闲的人们。
• Wherever you are, Cyrus, I have my dragons. The sands in your hourglass fall quickly indeed.
  逃到哪里都没用，塞勒斯，我已经得到了骨龙。沙漏中的沙粒正在迅速下落，你的时日不多了。