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sand-floated

/sand-floh-tid/US // ˈsændˌfloʊ tɪd //

流沙型,浮沙型,浮沙式,流沙型的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Building Trades.

    • : noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar rubbed with sand and floated when it has partly set.

Examples

  • But since those rosy scenarios were first floated, the California political scene has grown more crowded.

  • There is only sand, a white ball, and a flag indicating the hole.

  • When the game starts, there is only sand, a white ball, a flag indicating hole 1, and a “0” at the top of the screen.

  • The theory was first floated in the 1950s by Professor Homer Dubs of Oxford University.

  • By that logic however, Carol is also being floated as a possible casualty of the episode.

  • Broken crocks should be strewn upon the tray, and on to this is heaped peaty soil mixed with sand.

  • You speak with about as little reflection as we might expect from one of those children down there playing in the sand.

  • Then, as he neared the room, a sound of music floated out to meet him— Tony was singing to his own accompaniment.

  • Her last words floated back from the depths of the corridor; a clock was striking and she had pattered off hastily.

  • The unfinished phrases floated, but dared not come to earth; they gathered but remained undelivered.