sands

英 [sændz]

美 [sændz]

n. 沙; 沙滩
v. 用砂纸(或打磨机)打磨
sand的第三人称单数和复数

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柯林斯词典

N-UNCOUNT 沙;沙子
Sandis a substance that looks like powder, and consists of extremely small pieces of stone. Some deserts and many beaches are made up of sand.
1. 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。
2. ...grains of sand.
  沙粒
N-PLURAL (海滨等的)沙滩
Sandsare a large area of sand, for example a beach.
1. ...miles of golden sands.
  绵延数英里的金色沙滩
VERB 用砂纸磨光(或擦净)
If yousanda wood or metal surface, you rub sandpaper over it in order to make it smooth or clean.
1. Sand the surface softly and carefully.
  用砂纸仔细而轻柔地打磨表面。
2. Sand downmeans the same assand.
  sand down 同 sand
3. 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。
4. 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。
PHRASE 多变;动荡;曲折
If you refer tothe shifting sands ofa situation, you mean that it changes so often that it is difficult to deal with.
1. 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。
2. ...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

noun

the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
Synonym:littorallitorallittoral zone

He likes walking on the sands by the sea.
他喜欢在海边的沙滩上散步。
They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls
他们躺在硬实的沙地上，听着海鸥的哀鸣。
You have now crossed the burning sands.
你们现在已经走过了燃烧的沙砾。
It was here that its work on the Long Lake oil sands project paid off.
中海油在长湖油砂项目中付出的努力在这里得到了回报。
They have made plans to hold shifting sands.
他们制订了控制流沙的计划。
And it is concluded that the aeolian sands and loess are the sediments in the dry-cold period.
风成沙和黄土是晚更新世以来相对干冷气候时期沉积的。
The farm was engulfed in drifting sands.
该农场被流沙淹没了。
In what happened at coral sands beach.
在“珊瑚沙”海滩都发生了些什么。
They lost their way in the shifting sands of the sahara.
他们在撒哈拉沙漠的流沙中迷路了。
The sands are running out, we must have the money by tomorrow.
剩下的时间不多了，我们明天得弄到这笔钱。