quicksand

quicksand

英 ['kwɪksænd]
　　美 ['kwɪksænd]

n. [水利] 流沙，危險狀態

中文詞源：

quicksand 流沙，困境

來自quick,活的，sand,沙子。比喻用法，引申詞義困境。

例句：

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。

2. I was about to sink into the quicksand of sin.
我就要陷入罪孽的深淵瞭。

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。

4. Sand under quick condition is often called quicksand.
通常把快速流動的沙叫做流砂.

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瞭.