名 sand，granulated，powdered，a surname；形 （嗓音不清脆） (of voice) hoarse，husky；

[例句] “沙锥鸟”战斗机的驾驶舱空间不太宽敞。 There was not much elbow room in the cockpit of a Snipe.

[例句] 比利·沙利文给我留下的印象是他是个很不错的人。 Billy Sullivan had impressed me as a fine man.

[地质] desert，areg，[法] koum，[印] thar，caravan；

[例句] 车辆已改装过以适应沙漠的环境。 The vehicles have been modified to suit conditions in the desert.

[例句] 现在是肥沃土地的地方在很久很久以前曾是一片片沙漠。 Aeons ago, there were deserts where there is now fertile land.

sand dune，dune，downsand，tibba，dene；

[例句] 那男孩光着脚在沙丘间飞跑. The boy galloped over the dunes barefoot.

[例句] 沙积集起来成了沙丘. The sand massed to form a dune.

[地] silt，sediment ；

[例句] 泥沙把小河淤塞了. Mud is silting up the stream.

[例句] 水里含有细泥沙. The water contains fine silt.

[地质] sandbank，herst，agger arenal，hurst，alluvion ；

[例句] 一场风暴使船搁浅在沙洲上. A storm grounded the ship on a sandbar.

[例句] 河里的泥沙淤积在这里,年深日久便成了沙洲. The bar was formed by the mud and sand deposited here over a long period of time.

sandstorm，saltation，tebad；

[例句] 这些士兵在沙暴中迷了路。 The men lost their way in a sandstorm.

[例句] 大平原上刮起的狂风在遭到过分放牧的草原上形成巨大的沙暴. The winds of the Great Plains caused huge dust storms on overgrazed lands.

sofa，settee ；

[例句] 罗伊小心地把腿挪下沙发，坐了起来。 Roy swung his legs carefully off the couch and sat up.

[例句] 我们就坐在客厅的沙发上看电视。 We were sitting on the couch in the living room watching TV.

[钟] sandglass，hourglass，sandy clock ；

[例句] 沙漏几乎要空了! The hourglass is almost empty!

[例句] 适合于: ●沙漏或新娘的全类型. Suitable for: ● hourglass or the full type of bride.

[动] sardine，pilchard ；

[例句] 难民们像罐头里的沙丁鱼般紧紧挤在一起。 The refugees were packed like sardines.

[例句] 沙丁鱼可以吃新鲜的,但常常是装听的. Sardines can be eaten fresh but are often preserved in tins.

sand，tibba，desert，dene，sandlot ；

[例句] 他们全都光着脚走过潮湿的沙地来到水边。 They all walked barefoot across the damp sand to the water's edge.

[例句] 南希一直跑啊跑，穿过沙地。 Nancy kept running, plunging through the sand.

[地质] sand，sandbeach，seabeach，sandy beach，tideland ；

[例句] 伊萨的白色沙滩帽在刺眼的阳光下闪闪发亮。 Issa's white beach hat gleamed in the harsh lights.

[例句] 这艘船停靠在细沙滩上。 The ship has come to rest on the fine sand.

tsar，czar ；

[例句] 他通过弑君登上了沙皇宝座。 He had become czar through regicide.

[例句] 沙皇曾是活着的圣像，具有深远的历史和宗教意义。 A tsar was a living icon, invested with deep historical and religious significance.

grit ；

[例句] 无法把所有的沙砾都清除干净。 You'll never quite get rid of every last bit of grit.

[例句] 他感到细小的沙砾不断打在膝盖上。 He felt tiny bits of grit and sand peppering his knees.

sand，grit，small grains，pellets ；

[例句] 地板上的沙子在我们脚下嘎吱作响。 The sand on the floor scrunched under our feet.

[例句] 用冷水冲洗它们以清除所有的沙子。 Wash them in cold water to remove all traces of sand.

[体] sandpit，jumping pit，bunker ；

[例句] 我打一般的沙坑球采取开立击球姿势。 I play normal bunker shots with an open stance.

[例句] 小孩在沙坑里翻滚着玩. The children tumbled about in the sand pit.

[脊椎] gerbil jird，gerbil ；

[例句] 沙鼠跑到哪儿去了? Where is the gerbil?

[例句] 沙鼠的后腿尤其适应于在沙漠栖息地跳跃. The hind legs of the gerbil are particularly well adapted to leaping across its desert habitat.

salon ；

[例句] 他的公寓是俄国最著名的文学沙龙会所。 His apartment was the most famous literary salon in Russia.

[例句] 格洛丽亚经营着一家发艺沙龙。 Gloria runs a hairdressing salon.

fine sand flying up in the air ；

[例句] 一层沙尘 a layer of gritty dust

[例句] 空中的沙尘将能见距离降低到100码. The sand in the air reduced visibility to a hundred yards.

[动] sand hopper，chigoe，redbug，sand flea ；

[例句] 小虾总共有一打以上,蹦跳着,甩着脚,像沙蚤一般. There were more than a dozen of them and they jumped and kicked like sand fleas.

[例句] 有谁会不喜欢整天和沙蚤在一起 呢 ? Who wouldn't want to spend the day with sand fleas?

desertification ；

[例句] 在生态环境方面草原植被破坏严重, 草原沙化,草场退化, 土地盐碱化. In the aspect of environment destroy the plant, sandy grassland, saline soil.

[例句] 长江源区存在不同程度的沙化现象,沙地种类多样,分布广泛. Desertification of various degrees have been happening source region of Yangtze River.