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quicksand

美音:[´kwık´sænd ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.流沙,敏捷,危险而捉摸不定的事物

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rock  reef  snag  quicksand  shoals  shallows  bank  shelf  flat    

quicksand


/'kwɪksænd; `kwɪk,sænd/
n [C often pl, U 作可数名词时常作复数, 亦作不可数名词] (area of) loose wet deep sand into which people or things will sink 流沙(区).

quicksand


n [U and C]
wet sand that is dangerous because you sink down into it if you try to walk on it
a bad situation that keeps getting worse, and that you cannot escape from