sand
沙子,砂子,沙地,沙土
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Definitions
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- : the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- : Usually sands. a tract or region composed principally of sand.
- : the sand or a grain of sand in an hourglass.
- : sands, moments of time or of one's life: At this stage of his career the sands are running out.
- : a light reddish- or brownish-yellow color.
- : Informal. courage; pluck.
- : sleeper.
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- : to smooth or polish with sand, sandpaper, or some other abrasive: to sand the ends of a board.
- : to sprinkle with or as if with sand: to sand an icy road.
- : to fill up with sand, as a harbor.
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Strong tidal currents there have since dumped several square miles worth of sand into the bay behind Fire Island, creating wide, shallow flats perfect for trying out the new platform.
Others are insisting the oil sands will remain the economic heart of the region for decades to come.
The coating allows moisture to stick and absorb to the sand.
So we cross-registered in the animation department at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design twice in our sophomore year, learning things like hand drawing with a light table, experimental sand animation, and digital animation.
Throw a grain of sand in the machinery and we have an outage like yesterday.
There is only sand, a white ball, and a flag indicating the hole.
When the game starts, there is only sand, a white ball, a flag indicating hole 1, and a “0” at the top of the screen.
And there, the sand castle builder and tag player who loved her aunt more than science would be buried.
Mr. Wynd said the shrinking process includes filling the head with hot sand and boiling it with herbs.
The family had grown up dirt-poor, sharecropping the 20,000 acres of cotton that stretched out below Sand Mountain.
Broken crocks should be strewn upon the tray, and on to this is heaped peaty soil mixed with sand.