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沙漠那边吹来的风把所有的东西都蒙上了一层沙子. The wind blew from the desert and covered everything with sand.
他往土里掺了些沙子以提高渗水性能。 He added sand to the soil to make it more porous.
那个东西掉在潮湿的沙子上, 然後沉了下去. It fell onto the wet sand, then sank (in).
哎哟！沙子这么烫！会烫伤脚的。 Ouch! The sand is so hot! I can burn my feet.
沙漏；滴漏用于计时的仪器，由两个玻璃盒组成，中由一细颈相连，盒内装有一定量的沙子，水银或其他流动物质，这些物质在一固定量的时间里，通常为一个小时，从上方的盒内慢慢流入下方的盒子中 An instrument for measuring time, consisting of two glass chambers connected by a narrow neck and containing a quantity of sand, mercury, or another flowing substance that trickles from the upper chamber to the lower in a fixed amount of time, often one hour.
道路在暴风雪之后铺上了沙子。 The roads were sanded after the snowstorm.
沥青混泥土碎石或沙子与沥青的混合物，用于铺路或封层顶 Mixed asphalt and crushed stone gravel or sand, used for paving or roofing.
工人们把沥青和沙子、石块混合在一起。 The workers mixed the asphalt with sand and gravel together.