Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense sands, present participle sanding, past tense, past participle sanded
1N-UNCOUNT 沙;沙子Sand is a substance that looks like powder, and consists of extremely small pieces of stone. Some deserts and many beaches are made up of sand. 沙;沙子
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
2N-PLURAL (海滨等的)沙滩Sands are a large area of sand, for example a beach. (海滨等的)沙滩
Sand down means the same as sand .sand down 同 sand
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。
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。
4PHRASE [oft PHRof n]多变;动荡;曲折 If you refer to the shifting sands of a situation, you mean that it changes so often that it is difficult to deal with. 多变;动荡;曲折
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.
ADJECTIVE | ... OF SAND | VERB + SAND | SAND + VERB | SAND + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤coarse, fine粗沙;細沙◇a beach of fine golden sand金色細沙海灘➤hard, soft硬沙;軟沙▸➤damp, moist, wet潮濕的沙子;濕潤的沙子;濕沙▸➤dry乾燥的沙子▸➤burning, hot, warm灼熱的/熱乎乎的/溫暖的沙子▸➤cool涼爽的沙子▸➤black, golden, silver, white, yellow黑沙;金沙;(園藝用)細沙;白沙;黃沙▸➤beach, desert海灘沙;沙漠中的沙子◇the burning desert sands灼熱的沙漠沙粒➤drifting, loose, shifting流沙;散沙... OF SAND➤grain一粒沙➤layer一層沙➤handful一把沙子▸➤patch, stretch, strip一小塊/一片/一條狹長的沙地➤cloud一團沙霧VERB + SAND➤brush off, dust off拂去/拍掉沙子➤kick踢沙子➤sink into陷進沙子裏SAND + VERB➤blow, fly沙子刮;沙子漫天飛◇The sand was flying everywhere.沙子漫天飛揚。➤cover sth沙子蓋住⋯➤cling to sth, stick to sth沙子附着在⋯上/粘在⋯上SAND + NOUN➤beach, dune沙灘;沙丘▸➤bank(usually sandbank) , bar (usually sandbar)沙壩;沙洲▸➤box(usually sandbox) (NAmE) , pit (usually sandpit) (BrE) (供兒童玩耍的)沙池,沙坑▸➤castle (usually sandcastle)沙堡▸➤storm (usually sandstorm)沙暴PREPOSITION➤in the sand在沙裏◇The children played happily in the sand.孩子們在沙地裏快樂地玩耍。➤on the sand在沙灘上◇We found her asleep on the sand.我們發現她在沙灘上睡着了。PHRASES➤covered in sand, covered with sand被沙子覆蓋◇All my clothes were covered with sand.我的衣服上都是沙子。