quicksand

• n. [水利] 流沙，危險狀態

來自quick,活的，sand,沙子。比喻用法，引申詞義困境。

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.

那個沙壩並不穩固，他腳下如同踩著流沙一般。

來自柯林斯例句

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

我就要陷入罪孽的深淵了。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The research seemed founded on quicksand.

這項研究猶如建在流沙之上，基礎極不穩固。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Sand under quick condition is often called quicksand.

通常把快速流動的沙叫做流砂.

來自辭典例句

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

流沙對世人保守的秘密給我拆穿了.

來自辭典例句