英语释义

1. sand readily yielding to pressure especially a deep mass of loose sand mixed with water into which heavy objects readily sink

2. something that entraps or frustrates
lead poor people into consumerist quicksand
— Robert Wright

3. deep, wet sand into which heavy objects sink easily

4. a situation that is dangerous and difficult to escape from

5. a deep area of loose sand mixed with water into which heavy objects sink

英汉例句

• you don「t want to drive here on a dark night if you」re a bit tiddly . the mud sucks you down like quick sand 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流沙似的把你吸进去。

• if you come across an obstacle or an impasse, pay mind to it but don't focus on it for too long, or your feet may sink into the quick sand that surrounds it.

  假如你遇到障碍，或者陷入绝境，用心对待它，但不要长时间纠缠于其上，否则你可能会深陷于环绕在这个困境周围的流沙之中。

• to settle loose bed, quick sand and ingress of groundwater are trouble some problems during coalmine construction.

  如何解决煤矿建井中的松散层、流沙和地下渗（涌）水是目前建井工程中的棘手问题。

• but when we explore its paradoxes , we find that quick sand can work very slowly , boxing rings are square , public bathrooms have no baths in them .

  但是，当我们探索它的矛盾时，我们不发现流沙可能非常慢慢地运作，拳击台是正方形，公开卫生间有浴在他们。

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