中文词源
quicksand 流沙，困境
来自quick,活的，sand,沙子。比喻用法，引申词义困境。
英语词源
- 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."
权威例句
- 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。
- 2. I was about to sink into the quicksand of sin.
- 我就要陷入罪孽的深渊了。
- 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。
- 4. Sand under quick condition is often called quicksand.
- 通常把快速流动的沙叫做流砂.
- 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.