quicksand
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英 ['kw?ks?nd]
美['kw?ks?nd]
- n. [水利] 流沙，危險狀態(tài)
TEM8暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?quicksands;
中文詞源
quicksand 流沙，困境
來自quick,活的，sand,沙子。比喻用法，引申詞義困境。
英文詞源
- quicksand (n.)
- c. 1300, from Middle English quyk "living" (see quick (adj.)) + sond "sand" (see sand (n.)). Old English had cwecesund, but this might have meant "lively strait of water."
雙語例句
- 1. The sandbank was uncertain, like quicksand under his feet.
- 那個沙壩并不穩(wěn)固，他腳下如同踩著流沙一般。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I was about to sink into the quicksand of sin.
- 我就要陷入罪孽的深淵了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The research seemed founded on quicksand.
- 這項研究猶如建在流沙之上，基礎極不穩(wěn)固。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Sand under quick condition is often called quicksand.
- 通常把快速流動的沙叫做流砂.
來自辭典例句
- 5. I had penetrated the secret which the quicksand had kept from every other living creature.
- 流沙對世人保守的秘密給我拆穿了.
來自辭典例句