| 单词 | gold sand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgold sand gold sand n. sand containing particles of gold; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > sand > types of sea-sandc1220 black sand1536 gold sand1578 quicksand1641 iron sand1681 crag1735 Bude sand1808 musical sand1858 sounding sand1884 singing sand1897 squeaking sand1966 1578 W. B. tr. Appian of Alexandria Aunc. Hist. Romanes Warres ii. 62 The inhabitants..gather the gold sand [Gk. ψῆγμα] that is conteyned. 1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker ii. i. 101 in Fleta Minor i [A river] too small to inrich so many Gold-Mines with Gold-sand. 1741 D. Watson tr. Horace Odes Epodes & Carmen Seculare v. xv. 445/2 (note) In the time of Croesus, this River rolled from the Mountains a kind of Gold-Sand, which was the chief Cause of that King's immense Riches. 1873 E. J. Brennan Witch of Nemi 258 As the gold-sand of life disappears. 1905 Mining Jrnl. 27 May 571/3 Such immense gold-sand deposits right in the centre of the Sacramento Valley are puzzling to the oldest miners. 2016 Citizen (Tanzania) (Nexis) 2 Aug. Investors owned both the gold and gold sand found in the area. < as lemmas |
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