quicksand 英 ['kwɪksænd] 　 美 ['kwɪksænd]

quicksand

quicksand　 英 ['kwɪksænd] 美 ['kwɪksænd]

n. [水利] 流沙，危险状态　

名词复数:quicksands　

Try and step on them and your foot will start sinking like in a quicksand.　如果你尝试地去踩上它，那么你的脚会开始下沉，好像踏进了流沙。
So is the duck on which Chinese economy is built on sustainable fundamentals or is it a pile of quicksand?　所以，中国经济那只鸭是建立在可持续发展的基础上，或者那是一堆流沙？

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  • n. [水利] 流沙，危险状态

  • 1. Try and step on them and your foot will start sinking like in a quicksand.

    如果你尝试地去踩上它，那么你的脚会开始下沉，好像踏进了流沙。

  • 2. So is the duck on which Chinese economy is built on sustainable fundamentals or is it a pile of quicksand?

    所以，中国经济那只鸭是建立在可持续发展的基础上，或者那是一堆流沙？

  • 3. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksand's of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.

    现在是将我们的国家从“种族不平等的流沙上”搬离到“坚信手足情谊的坚固岩石”的时候。

  • 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."
quick·sand / ˈkwɪksænd ; NAmE ˈkwɪksænd / noun [uncountable ] ( alsoquicksands [plural ] ) 1 deep wet sand that you sink into if you walk on it 流沙 2 a situation that is dangerous or difficult to escape from 难以摆脱的困境；危险局面 quicksand quicksands quick·sand / ˈkwɪksænd ; NAmE ˈkwɪksænd /
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