Dry sand absorbs water.
干沙吸收水份。
Ouch! The sand is so hot! I can burn my feet.
哎哟！沙子这么烫！会烫伤脚的。
A grain of sand made my right eye tear.
一粒沙子弄得我右眼淌泪。
The children on the sand were shouting with excitement.
沙滩上的孩子们兴奋得大喊大叫。
The roads were sanded after the snowstorm.
道路在暴风雪之后铺上了沙子。
sand the wood until it has a nice bevel.
用砂纸打磨这块木头，磨出一个光滑的斜面。
sand the walls down before you paint them.
在油漆前要先把墙壁打磨光滑.
sand has disguisedall entrances to the mine.
沙掩盖住了那个矿的所有入口。
a grain of sand
一粒沙子
Concrete is a mixture of sand and cement.
混凝土是沙和水泥的混合物。
His hair was the colour of sand.
他的头发呈沙褐色。
The children were playing in the sand (= for example, in a sandpit ) .
孩子们正在玩沙子。
We went for a walk along the sand.
我们去沙滩上散了散步。
children playing on the sand
在沙滩上玩耍的儿童
miles of golden sands
绵延数英里的金色沙滩
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。
...grains of sand.
沙粒
...miles of golden sands.
绵延数英里的金色沙滩
sand the surface softly and carefully.
用砂纸仔细而轻柔地打磨表面。
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。
...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
It's hard to walk on the soft sand.
沙土地暄,不好走.
There were grains of sand in her hair.
她的头发里有沙粒.
The child dug his fingers into the sand.
小孩把手指插进沙里.
There is a mass of sand in the yard.
院里有一堆沙子.
He compounded water, sand and soil and formed bricks.
他用水拌和沙和泥土做成砖块.
The sand in the air reduced visibility to a hundred yards.
空中的沙尘将能见距离降低到100码.
The children tumbled about in the sand pit.
小孩在沙坑里翻滚着玩.
They filtered the water through the sand.
他们用沙子滤水.
Water seeps through sand.
水渗入沙中.
These tree belts effectively protect the farmland against shifting sand.
这些防护林带有效地保护了农田,使之免受流沙侵袭.
The sand blew into the food and made it gritty.
砂吹进食物中,里边尽是砂子.
Water bubbled up through the sand.
水从沙里冒出气泡.
His spade cleaved the firm sand with a satisfying crunch.
他的锹凿开了坚实的砂土,发出令人舒心的嘎扎声.
Ariadne lay on the silver sands.
出自：L. Lochheadsand the top evenly with grated nutmeg.
出自：J. Grigson