quicksand
英 ['kw?ks?nd]
美['kw?ks?nd]
- n. [水利] 流沙,危險(xiǎn)狀態(tài)
TEM8暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?quicksands;
中文詞源
quicksand 流沙,困境
來(lái)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(yǔ)例句
- 1. The sandbank was uncertain, like quicksand under his feet.
- 那個(gè)沙壩并不穩(wěn)固,他腳下如同踩著流沙一般。
來(lái)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(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The research seemed founded on quicksand.
- 這項(xiàng)研究猶如建在流沙之上,基礎(chǔ)極不穩(wěn)固。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Sand under quick condition is often called quicksand.
- 通常把快速流動(dòng)的沙叫做流砂.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. I had penetrated the secret which the quicksand had kept from every other living creature.
- 流沙對(duì)世人保守的秘密給我拆穿了.
來(lái)自辭典例句