They're not lush. Our sandy soil doesn't support a mango tree.

岛上草木并不繁茂。 我们的沙质土壤不适合芒果树生长。

To understand how it works we need to look at the difference between sandy soil and clay soil.

要了解它的工作原理，我们需要了解沙土和粘土之间的区别。

They are on a search to find sandy or soft soil in which to dig and bury their eggs.

他们正在寻找沙质或松软的土壤来挖掘和埋葬它们的卵。

Fortunately, Ole's team have created a liquid that, they say, can turn the sandy desert soil into a sponge which holds water and nutrients.

幸运的是，Ole的团队发明了一种液体，据说这种液体可以将沙漠沙土变成一块可以容纳水和养分的海绵。

The results show that regions of Mars that the rover trundled over have properties similar to those of compact, sandy soil on Earth.

结果表明， 火星车经过的火星区域具有与地球上致密的沙质土壤相似的特性。

His long legs were stretched straight before him overlapping the meager blanket, his spurs buried in the sandy soil of the little desert oasis.

他的长腿在他面前伸直， 盖在薄薄的毯子上， 他的马刺埋在沙漠小绿洲的沙土里。

We can (and do) build buildings on wet sandy soil since the weight of the grains and the friction between them makes the soil behave as a solid most of the time.

我们能够 (已经) 在湿润的沙地上建房子，这是因为大部分时候这些小石子的纹理和摩擦力使得沙地处于稳定的固态。

Driving the piles so deep allowed the building to not sit on the surface layer of artificial fill, or even the soft underlying layer of mud but rather on the dense sandy soil of the Colma Formation below.

将桩打得如此之深， 使得建筑物不再坐落在人工填充物的表层上，甚至不是柔软的下层泥土上， 而是坐落在下面科尔马地层的致密沙土上。