quicksand

• n. [水利] 流沙，危险状态

来自quick,活的，sand,沙子。比喻用法，引申词义困境。

quicksand (n.)

c. 1300, from Middle English quyk "living" (see quick (adj.)) + sond "sand" (see sand (n.)). Old English had cwecesund, but this might have meant "lively strait of water."

1. 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。

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2. I was about to sink into the quicksand of sin.

我就要陷入罪孽的深渊了。

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3. The research seemed founded on quicksand.

这项研究犹如建在流沙之上，基础极不稳固。

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4. Sand under quick condition is often called quicksand.

通常把快速流动的沙叫做流砂.

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5. I had penetrated the secret which the quicksand had kept from every other living creature.

流沙对世人保守的秘密给我拆穿了.

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