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sandpit

/sand-pit/US // ˈsændˌpɪt //UK // (ˈsændˌpɪt) //

沙坑,沙场,采砂场,沙池

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a deep pit in sandy soil from which sand is excavated.

Examples

  • Can't you preach and pray behind the hedges—or in a sandpit—or a coal-hole—first?

  • The colour of a sandpit was given him by hair and whiskers of yellow-red on a ruddy face.

  • In a sandpit on the coast of Bering Island, his condition was hopeless.

  • While wading across, I suddenly sank to my waist in a sandpit.

  • He had killed twenty, and hidden them in a sandpit, when discovered by his master.