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| 1 | U a loose pale brown substance that you find at a beach or in the desert , formed from very small pieces of rock 沙；沙子 |
| The children spent most of the morning playing in the sand. 孩子们上午大部分时间都在沙地上玩。 |
| a grain of sand 一粒沙 |
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| 2 | sands plural an area of sand 沙滩 |
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| - | bury your head in the sand
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| to pretend that a problem does not exist |
| 把头埋在沙里；不正视问题 |
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| - | a house built on sand
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| an idea or plan that is not very sensible or practical and is likely to fail |
| 沙地上的房子；很可能会失败的想法（或计划） |
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| - | the sands of time literary
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| a way of referring to time , especially when you are talking about it passing very quickly |
| （尤指过得很快的）时光，光阴 |
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