sands

1. N-UNCOUNT 沙;沙子
   Sand is 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
2. N-PLURAL (海滨等的)沙滩
   Sands are a large area of sand, for example a beach.
   1. ...miles of golden sands.
      绵延数英里的金色沙滩
3. VERB 用砂纸磨光(或擦净)
   If you sand a 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 down means the same as sand .
      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。
4. PHRASE 多变;动荡;曲折
   If you refer to the shifting sands of a 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

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. Several children were running about on the sands.
   几个孩子在沙滩上跑来跑去。
4. The politician said that the sands of time were running out for those who expected the state to support them, everyone must work harder!
   那位政治家说，对于那些期待政府供养的人来说，时间正在流逝，人人都得加紧工作才是！
5. Fluviatile sands deposited by delta distributaries are quartzose.
   三角洲分流中沉积的河流砂是石英质的。
6. 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。
7. When I awaken, my tears have dried in the sands of sleep.
   当我醒来。我的泪已经在睡梦中干了。
8. The complex resistivity of patial-water saturated shaly sands has been investigated under reservoir condition.
   文章研究了泥质砂岩在模拟地层条件下驱替时的复电阻率特性。
9. Bactrian camels live not in shifting Sahara sands but in Central and East Asia's rocky deserts.
   双峰驼并不生活在狡猾的撒哈拉沙漠，而是生活在中亚和东亚的岩漠中。
10. 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。
11. Dry reclamation of sodium silicate-bonded sands is reviewed in the paper.
    水玻璃砂的干法再生主要是解决溃散性和脱膜率问题。
12. 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。
13. There were sugar sands and islands of fern and pearl, palm jungles and stretches of a never-ending sea.
    有蕨类和珍珠、棕榈林和无尽伸展着的海的甜蜜沙滩和岛屿。
14. The growth prospects of oil sands have been underpinned recently by the rising price of crude oil.
    最近原油价格的不断上涨，也为油砂资源的发展前景提供了支撑。
15. Sands had dipped into a coma at the weekend.
    上周末桑兹昏迷过去了。
16. Channel and point-bar sands may be clean and well-sorted.
    河道砂和河曲沙坝砂可以是干净的和分选良好的。
17. The farm was engulfed in drifting sands.
    该农场被流沙淹没了。
18. This will occur both in sands and clays.
    这在砂土地和粘土地带常常发生。
19. They have made plans to hold shifting sands.
    他们制订了控制流沙的计划。
20. Advanced gasification technologies for oil sands coke and low rank coals to produce power and hydrogen;
    油砂焦炭和低煤级煤碳通过先进气化技术生产电能和氢；
21. In what happened at coral sands beach.
    在“珊瑚沙”海滩都发生了些什么。
22. He likes walking on the sands by the sea.
    他喜欢在海边的沙滩上散步。
23. The Sands Macao injected glamour into the city.
    澳门金沙赌场为这座城市注入了魅力。
24. Wherever you are, Cyrus, I have my dragons. The sands in your hourglass fall quickly indeed.
    逃到哪里都没用，塞勒斯，我已经得到了骨龙。沙漏中的沙粒正在迅速下落，你的时日不多了。
25. The results showed that the main metallic minerals are titanomagnetite, ilmenite and hematite in iron sands.
    研究结果表明：该铁矿砂中主要金属矿物为钛磁铁矿、钛铁矿和赤铁矿；
26. Indoor and outdoor experiments on the characteristics of the cement added fine sands for Shifosi Reservoir were carried out.
    采用室内试验和现场原型试验，对辽河石佛寺水库库区内掺入水泥后粉细砂的特性进行了研究。
27. You have now crossed the burning sands.
    你们现在已经走过了燃烧的沙砾。
28. Sunshine, sands, sea, blue sky and relaxed people.
    阳光，沙滩，海浪，蓝天和休闲的人们。
29. 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。

noun

1. the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean

   Synonym:    littorallitorallittoral zone