sandbag

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sand·bag1 /ˈsændbæɡ/ noun [countable]  TBa bag filled with sand, used for protection against floods, explosions etc 〔用于防洪、防爆炸等的〕沙包，沙袋

Examples from the Corpus

sandbag• Emergency workers built a sandbag barricade as 60 patients were put on evacuation stand-by.• Mickey Andrews describes their use: We would only fill a sandbag about two-thirds full.• The men inside the Camp Holloway compound slept behind sandbag walls and had bunkers to duck into if the mortars came.• Under bright overhead lights at one end of the shed a chair had been positioned, banked on three sides by sandbags.• He also collected sandbags and wood to barricade the Legation buildings.• Simple tasks like filling sandbags or carrying water to the shower area were suddenly difficult.• Swiftly, Ace clambered over the red-stained sandbags, and checked the door.sandbag2 verb (sandbagged, sandbagging)  1. [intransitive, transitive] to put sandbags around a building in order to protect it from a flood or explosion 〔在建筑物周围〕堆沙袋，用沙袋封堵2. [transitive] to treat someone unfairly in order to prevent them from doing something or being successful 〔为不让某人做某事或阻止其成功而〕不公平对待，粗暴对待→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

sandbag• Symmetrical coils of barbed wire obstructed most streets, and houses were sloppily sandbagged.• Residents continue to sandbag about 25 homes to protect them from the river.• Then he stiffened as if sandbagged by a sudden recollection, gave a small yelp of terror and dashed into the gloom.• Morley accused Franklin of sandbagging him by not telling him the full story.• So the 49ers were sandbagging in the preseason, throwing their fourth-stringers to the wolves and saving the first-stringers for the season.• Walk up to the gates and you feel like you have been sandbagged in the stomach.• About 1 a.m., sandbagging is finished.• Haller said all sandbagging was finished about 1 a.m.

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sandbag

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sand‧bag¹ /ˈsændbæɡ/ noun [countable]
a bag filled with sand, used for protection against floods, explosions etc

II

sandbag² verb (past tense and past participle sandbagged, present participle sandbagging)
1. [intransitive and transitive] to put sandbags around a building in order to protect it from a flood or explosion
2. [transitive] to treat someone unfairly in order to prevent them from doing something or being successful