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sandy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Geography
sand·y /ˈsændi/ adjective  1 SGcovered with sand, or containing a lot of sand 被沙覆盖的;多沙的 The soil is quite sandy. 这种土壤沙很多。2. HBHhair that is sandy is a yellowish-brown colour 〔头发〕沙色的,浅黄褐色的,浅黄棕色的sandiness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
sandya sandy beachLagoons, creeks, islands, coves and deserted sandy beaches abound.I drink at it; but while I think I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is.High rocky cliffs pitted with little sandy coves melt away into long stretches of silvery beach.I cut through shallow, sandy hills, but the struggle was anaesthetized by day-dreams.Finally the sea encroached on this topography producing steep cliffs, inlets, sea stacks and sandy or shingly beach deposits.Nantucket is a small, barren, sandy place where, Ishmael tells us, they have to plant weeds.A girl wandered across the sandy riding track.A truck without lights was coming down the sandy road.
sand·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
sand, of a with containing or Corpus sand covered lot


sandy
sandy /ˈsændi/ adjective
1. covered with sand, or containing a lot of sand:
    The soil is quite sandy.
2. hair that is sandy is a yellowish-brown colour
—sandiness noun [uncountable]


sandyBrE /ˈsændi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsændi/ 🔊 adjective (sand·ier, sand·iest) covered with or containing sand 铺满沙子的;含沙的a sandy beach沙滩sandy soil沙质土壤(of hair 头发) having a light colour, between yellow and red 沙褐色的;浅棕色的

auburn, blonde, dark, fair, ginger, grey, jet black, mousy, redhead, sandy