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sandpit

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sand·pit /ˈsændˌpɪt/ noun [countable] British English  DGOa box or special area filled with sand for children to play in 〔供儿童在内玩耍的〕沙坑,沙池 SYN American English sandbox
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sandpitAlways cover a sandpit or the local cats will use it as a toilet.Because she had no garden, she improvised a sandpit for the children to play in.He forces all the others to live in a sandpit of their own digging.A child's garden can be so much more than just a sandpit.Don't forget ... If you leave a sandpit or pool out for a while, the grass underneath will die.It looked like a sandpit with some colored dirt mixed in.Her eyesight was vague and muzzy, her mouth felt like the bottom of a sandpit.
sand·pit nounChineseSyllable
with sand Corpus special box for to or a area filled children


sandpit
sandpit /ˈsændˌpɪt/ noun [countable] British English
a box or special area filled with sand for children to play in
   SYN  sandbox American English


sand·pitBrE /ˈsændpɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsændpɪt/ 🔊 (BrE) (NAmE sand·box) noun
an area in the ground or a shallow container, filled with sand for children to play in (供儿童玩的)沙坑