sand

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近义词scrape smooth file grind

n. 沙；沙地；沙洲；沙滩；沙子
vt. 撒沙于；以沙掩盖；用砂纸等擦平或磨光某物；使撒沙似地布满；给…掺沙子
vi. 被沙堵塞
n. (Sand)人名；(英、德、意、芬、罗、捷、挪)桑德；(瑞典)桑德；(法)桑

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中文词源

sand 沙，沙子，磨砂，用砂纸打磨

来自古英语 sand,沙，来自 Proto-Germanic*samdaz,沙，来自 PIE*sem,倾泻，涌出。引申动词词义磨砂，用砂纸打磨。

词态变化

复数: sands;第三人称单数: sands;过去式: sanded;过去分词: sanded;现在分词: sanding;

英文词源

sand: sand: [OE] Sand is a widespread Germanic word, shared by German, Swedish, and Danish (Dutch has zand). Its prehistoric source was *sandam, which went back to an Indo-European *samdam. This also produced Latin sabulum ‘sand’, which evolved into French sable and Italian sabbia ‘sand’. It probably came ultimately from a base which signified ‘grind, crush’.
sand (n.): Old English sand, from Proto-Germanic *sandam (cognates: Old Norse sandr, Old Frisian sond, Middle Dutch sant, Dutch zand, German Sand), from PIE *bhs-amadho- (cognates: Greek psammos "sand;" Latin sabulum "coarse sand," source of Italian sabbia, French sable), suffixed form of root *bhes- "to rub."

Historically, the line between sand and gravel cannot be distinctly drawn. Used figuratively in Old English in reference to innumerability and instability. General Germanic, but not attested in Gothic, which used in this sense malma, related to Old High German melm "dust," the first element of the Swedish city name Malmö (the second element meaning "island"), and to Latin molere "to grind." Metaphoric for "innumerability" since Old English. Sand dollar, type of flat sea-urchin, so called from 1884, so called for its shape; sand dune attested from 1830.
sand (v.): late 14c., "to sprinkle with sand," from sand (n.); from 1620s as "to bury or fill in with sand." Meaning "to grind or polish with sand" is from 1858. Related: Sanded; sanding.

双语例句

1. The sand on the floor scrunched under our feet.: 地板上的沙子在我们脚下嘎吱作响。

2. The sand martin is a brown bird with white underneath.: 崖沙燕是一种褐羽白腹的鸟。

3. 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。

4. The ship has come to rest on the fine sand.: 这艘船停靠在细沙滩上。

5. Wash them in cold water to remove all traces of sand.: 用冷水冲洗它们以清除所有的沙子。

英英释意

1. a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

2. fortitude and determination;: "he didn't have the guts to try it"

考试真题

Buffington says he found a soda bottle half-buried in the sand that looked like it had been there since the beginning of time.

Bonn has now tested this idea by building small sleds and dragging heavy objects over sand.

Evidence from the sand supports this idea.

Long-ago builders could have attached wooden poles to the stones and rolled them across the sand, the scientists say.

The wind blew non-stop, and all the food I ate, and the very air I breathed, were filled with sand, sand, sand!

Unlike most of the netherlands, Hilversum is actually in a hilly area with the soil mostly consisting of sand.

实用场景例句

a grain of sand: 一粒沙子

Concrete is a mixture of sand and cement.: 混凝土是沙和水泥的混合物。

His hair was the colour of sand.: 他的头发呈沙褐色。

The children were playing in the sand (= for example, in a sandpit ) .: 孩子们正在玩沙子。

We went for a walk along the sand.: 我们去沙滩上散了散步。

children playing on the sand: 在沙滩上玩耍的儿童

miles of golden sands: 绵延数英里的金色沙滩

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。

...grains of sand.: 沙粒

...miles of golden sands.: 绵延数英里的金色沙滩

Sand the surface softly and carefully.: 用砂纸仔细而轻柔地打磨表面。

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。

...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

It's hard to walk on the soft sand.: 沙土地暄,不好走.

There were grains of sand in her hair.: 她的头发里有沙粒.

The child dug his fingers into the sand.: 小孩把手指插进沙里.

There is a mass of sand in the yard.: 院里有一堆沙子.

He compounded water, sand and soil and formed bricks.: 他用水拌和沙和泥土做成砖块.

The sand in the air reduced visibility to a hundred yards.: 空中的沙尘将能见距离降低到100码.

The children tumbled about in the sand pit.: 小孩在沙坑里翻滚着玩.

They filtered the water through the sand.: 他们用沙子滤水.

Water seeps through sand.: 水渗入沙中.

These tree belts effectively protect the farmland against shifting sand.: 这些防护林带有效地保护了农田,使之免受流沙侵袭.

The sand blew into the food and made it gritty.: 砂吹进食物中,里边尽是砂子.

Water bubbled up through the sand.: 水从沙里冒出气泡.

His spade cleaved the firm sand with a satisfying crunch.: 他的锹凿开了坚实的砂土,发出令人舒心的嘎扎声.

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