英语释义

• a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down

• a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy

片语

cemented quicksand胶结砂

quicksand disposing流砂处理

Quicksand Memory唱片名

Danger Quicksand致命流沙

quicksand treatment流砂治理

shifting sand[水利] 流沙；漂沙；流砂

treacherous quicksand难处理的流沙

quicksand bed砂石换填

dry quicksand干沙；干流砂

英汉例句

• this leads sela and berger to elaborate on their quicksand metaphor

  塞拉和伯杰因此提出了流沙的比喻

• this large expanse of intertidal sand and mudflats is notorious for its quicksand and tides that are said to move 「as fast as a horse can run」

  在这片开阔的泥沙滩上，潮水进退时流沙移动的速度非常之快，据说‘如骏马奔驰’。

• sand is of course loose soil but unless water logged will not act like quicksand in this regard.

  沙子当然是松散的泥土，但如果没有经受水涝的话，它们还不会变成流沙。

• they try to bury their head in the sand and ignore the obvious consequences, but will soon discover that it is a quicksand and that their time is up.

  他们试图把他们的头埋进沙子里，而无视这明显的后果，但是很快会发现它是一块流沙地，而他们的时间到了。

• you don’t want to drive here on a dark night if you’re a bit tiddly. the mud sucks you down like quicksand in places.

  你要是喝得晕乎乎的可别晚上开车到这里来，有些地方的泥土会像泥沙似的把你吸进去。

• you cannot help him by leaping into the quicksand with him, for surely both of you will go down, and he will not thank you.

  你不能通过跳进流沙的方式来帮助他，因为显然你们俩都会沉没，他也不会感谢你。

相似词

threat威胁，恐吓；兇兆