sandy

英 ['sændɪ] 美 ['sændi]
  • adj. 沙地的;多沙的;含沙的
  • n. (Sandy)人名;(法、喀、罗、西、英)桑迪(教名Alasdair、Alastair、Alexander、Alister、Elshender的昵称)

英文词源


sandy (adj.)
Old English sandig "of the nature of sand;" see sand (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "of yellowish-red hue" (in reference to hair) is from 1520s.
Sandy (n.)
late 15c. as a nickname for Alexander; as the typical name for a Scotsman from 1785, also drawing on the hair-color sense of sandy (adj.). Also Sawney, and with diminutive form Saunder preserved in surnames.

双语例句


1. The bulk of the book concerns Sandy's two middle-aged children.
书中主要描写桑迪的两个已到中年的孩子。

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2. She touched the thick mat of sandy hair on his chest.
她摸着他那浓密的淡棕色胸毛。

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3. Sandy leaned across the table, his face uncomfortably close to Brad's.
桑迪探过桌子,他的脸跟布拉德的脸靠得异常地近。

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4. Sandy took up with a widow 21 years his junior.
桑迪和一个比他小21岁的寡妇搞上了。

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5. Crocodiles bask on the small sandy beaches.
鳄鱼在小沙滩上晒太阳。

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