英语词典 · 单词释义
quicksand
英 ['kwɪksænd] 美 ['kwɪksænd]
这里集中整理“quicksand”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. [水利] 流沙，危险状态
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
复数: quicksands;
中文词源
quicksand 流沙，困境
来自quick,活的，sand,沙子。比喻用法，引申词义困境。
英文词源
- 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."
双语例句
- 1. The sandbank was uncertain, like quicksand under his feet.
- 那个沙坝并不稳固，他脚下如同踩着流沙一般。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I was about to sink into the quicksand of sin.
- 我就要陷入罪孽的深渊了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The research seemed founded on quicksand.
- 这项研究犹如建在流沙之上，基础极不稳固。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Sand under quick condition is often called quicksand.
- 通常把快速流动的沙叫做流砂.
来自辞典例句
- 5. I had penetrated the secret which the quicksand had kept from every other living creature.
- 流沙对世人保守的秘密给我拆穿了.
来自辞典例句