
好词典

源自古英语 'sand',与德语 'Sand' 和荷兰语 'zand' 同源,最终来自原始日耳曼语 *sandam。
❶ 指大量细小的沙粒,通常指海滩、沙漠等地方的沙子。复数形式强调广阔或大量的沙地。
“The children built castles in the sands.”
(孩子们在沙滩上堆沙堡。)
“The desert sands stretched endlessly.”
(沙漠的沙地无边无际地延伸。)
❶ 比喻时间流逝,常用于短语“the sands of time”中,表示时光如沙般不可挽回地流逝。
“The sands of time wait for no one.”
(时光不等人。)
“His youth slipped through the sands of time.”
(他的青春随着时光流逝。)
the sands of time — 比喻时间流逝,强调其不可逆转的特性,常用于文学或哲理性表达中。
“The sands of time have turned his hair gray.”
(时光的流逝使他的头发变白了。)
shifting sands — 字面指流动的沙地,比喻不稳定的局势或不断变化的情况。
“The political situation was like shifting sands.”
(政治局势如同流沙般不稳定。)