sand

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/sænd/|/sand/    /sænd/|/sæːnd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction. uncountable,usually
    — For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.
  2. Ellipsis of sandpiper. abbreviation,alt-of,colloquial,ellipsis
  3. Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.; A specific grade, type, or composition of sand. countable,usually
    — One sand was that used in cement testing with white well rounded smooth grains, passing through a 20-mesh sieve and retained on a 30-mesh sieve. The other was ordinary brown building sand, passing 40-mesh and retained on 60-mesh.
  4. Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.; A beach or other mass of sand. countable,in-plural,often,usually
    — The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil.
  5. Personal courage. dated,uncountable,usually
    — You may say what you want to, but in my opinion she had more sand in her than any girl I ever see; in my opinion she was just full of sand.
  6. A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. uncountable,usually
  7. A light beige colour, like that of typical sand. uncountable,usually
  8. A single grain of sand. countable,obsolete,usually
    — One sand another. Not more resembles that sweet rosy lad
  9. A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass). countable,figuratively,usually
    — The sands are numbered that make up my life.
  10. Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand). uncountable,usually
    — Sleep in your eyes, sleep crust, sand, eye gunk—whatever you call it, we all get it—that crusty stuff in the corners of your eyes when you wake up in the morning. "The medical term is 'rheum,' though you rarely hear it used," […]
  11. Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).; "sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom) figuratively,uncountable,usually
    — Cf. Sandman, a mythical character in European folklore who puts people to sleep and encourages and inspires beautiful dreams by sprinkling magical sand onto their eyes.
  12. Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).; An excuse for tears. uncountable,usually
    — Cf. “Sand in My Eyes”, in TV Tropes, 1 March 2023 (last accessed): “Alternative Title(s): Something In My Eye”
动词 v.
  1. To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it. transitive
  2. To cover with sand. transitive
    — Sudden stopping, which could be effected easily by sanding the rails and reversing the driving-gear, was dangerous, because the train might telescope and overwhelm the engine.
  3. To blot ink using sand. historical,transitive
    — The officer wrote until he had finished, read over to himself what he had written, sanded it, and handed it to Defarge, with the words "In secret."
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

词形变化

sands plural sands present,singular,third-person sanding participle,present sanded participle,past sanded past sands plural

词汇关系

衍生词
African sand fox ant sand belt-sand bituminous sand black sand Blundellsands Bolton-le-Sands brain sand bring sand to the beach build on sand built on sand Burgh by Sands bury one's head in the sand cover sand desand desert sand draw a line in the sand draw lines in the sand dunesand enough sense to pound sand into a rathole firesand golden sand-eater Grange-over-Sands Great Sandy Desert Great Wall of Sand greensand green sand Halimeda sand head in the sand head-in-the-sand ironsand iron sand javelin sand boa kick sand in somebody's face kinetic sand line in the sand Maplin Sands Mojave sand-verbena molding sand naked sand rat oil sand oversand parting sand polymeric sand pound sand pound sand into a rathole put one's head in the sand quicksand red-banded sand wasp resand rope of sand running sand sandable sand and spinach sand art sand asp sand badger sandbag sandball sand band sandbank sand bar sandbar sand bass sand bath sandbathe sand battery sandbeach Sand Beach sand bear sandbed sand bee sandbell sandbelt sandbin sandbird sand blackberry sandblast sandblaster sand-blind sand bluestem sand boa sandboard sandboarding sand boil sand-boondy sand box sandbox sandbox tree sandboy sand break sand bug sandbugger sand buggy sandbur sand canal sand-cast sand casting sandcastle sand cat sand catchfly sand cherry sand clock sand cock sand cookie sandcorn sand crab sand crack sand cress sandcrete sand cricket sand crocus sand culture sand dab sand dam sand daphne sand dart sand darter sand diver sand dollar sand dome sand down sand drag sand dune sand duning sand eel sand engine sander sanderling sandfall sand fence sandfish sand-flag sandflat sandflea sand flea sand flounder sandfly fever sandfly sand fly sand fox sand gazelle sandglass sand goanna sand grape sandgroper sandgrounder sandgrouse sand-grouse sand grouse sandgun sandheap sandhill crane sandhiller sand hill sandhill sandhog sand hog sand-hog sand hopper sandhopper sand hornet Sandhurst Sand Hutton sandification sandiness sand in one's vagina sand iron sandish sand jack sand-jet sandlace sand lance Sandland sand lark sand leek sandless sand lettuce sandlighter sandlike sand lily sandling sand lizard sandlot sandman sand martin sand-martin sand mason sand mason worm sand mole sand monitor sand monkey sand motor sand mouse sand myrtle sand-natter sandnigga sand nigger sand-nigger sand off sand olive sand painting sandpainting sand palm sandpaper sand partridge sand pear sand-peep sand perch sandpile sand pillar sand pine sandpipe sand-pipe sandpiper sandpit sandplain sand plover sand plum sandpot sandprawn sand-pride sandproof sand pump sand puppy sand python sand rail sand rat sand reed sand reel sandridge Sand Ridge sand-roll sand runner sand saucer sandscape sand-screw sand sedge sand shark sand sheet sand shoe sandshoe sand shot sand shrimp sand skink sand-skipper sandslide sand sludger sand slug sand smelt sand snake sandsoap sand-spit sandspit sand spit sandspout sand-spout sandspur sand star sandstone sandstorm sand storm sandsucker sand table sandthorn sand thrower sand tiger sand tiger shark sand timer sand trap sand tube worm sand verbena sand violet sand viper sand volleyball sandward sandwasher sand wasp sand wave sand wedge sand whiting Sandwich sand winner sand winning sandworm sandwort sandy sand yachting sand yacht sandyacht seasand sharp sand shell sand silver sand singing sand sleepy sand spotted sand lizard starlily star lily stick one's head in the sand tar sand titanium sand war sand wet sand wet-sand White Sands Woburn Sands

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
substratebor.
Proto-Indo-European *sámdʰos?
Proto-Germanic *samdaz
Proto-West Germanic *samd
Old English sand
Middle English sond
English sand
Inherited from Middle English sond, sand, from Old English sand, from Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz.
See also North Frisian sun, Sön, sönj (“sand”), Saterland Frisian Sound (“sand”), West Frisian sân (“sand”), Dutch zand (“sand”), German and Luxembourgish Sand (“sand”), Yiddish זאַמד (zamd, “sand”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish sand (“sand”), Faroese and Icelandic sandur (“sand”), Latin sabulum (“sand, gravel”), Ancient Greek ἄμαθος (ámathos, “sand”), English dialectal samel (“sand bottom”), Old Irish do·essim (“to pour out”), Latin sentina (“bilge water”), Lithuanian sémti (“to scoop”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “to gather”), ἄμη (ámē, “water bucket”).
词源 2
From Middle English sanden, from the noun (see above).
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