quicksand

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈkwɪk.sænd]
• 美式音标 [ˈkwɪkˌsænd]
• 国际音标 ['kwiksænd]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.流沙，敏捷，危险而捉摸不定的事物

同根派生

英汉例句

• 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。
• I was about to sink into the quicksand of sin.
  我就要陷入罪孽的深渊了。
• The research seemed founded on quicksand.
  这项研究犹如建在流沙之上，基础极不稳固。
• 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。
• The research seemed founded on quicksand.
  这项研究犹如建在流沙之上，基础极不稳固。

词组短语

短语

• dry quicksand 干沙
• quicksand disposing 流砂处理
• quicksand bed 砂石换填
• cemented quicksand 胶结砂
• quicksand treatment 流砂治理

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• deep wet sand that sucks in anyone trying to walk across it

柯林斯英英字典

• Quicksand is deep, wet sand that you sink into if you try to walk on it.
• You can refer to a situation as quicksand when you want to suggest that it is dangerous or difficult to escape from, or does not provide a strong basis for what you are doing.

专业释义

水利工程

• 流沙

地球科学

• 流沙
• 流砂

土木建筑工程

• 流砂

能源科学技术

• 流砂
• 动荡和捉摸不定的事物