Definition of quicksand in English:

quicksand

noun ˈkwɪksandˈkwɪkˌsænd

mass nounalso quicksands

1Loose wet sand that yields easily to pressure and sucks in anything resting on or falling into it.
it's best to travel with a local as there are quicksands
Example sentencesExamples
- Far from holding the intellectual high ground, economics rests on foundations of quicksand.
- Morecambe Bay is notoriously dangerous, with fast rising tides and quicksands.
- When John died, in October 1216, shortly after losing part of his baggage train in quicksands in the Wash, the country was torn in two by a civil war which was going badly for the Angevins.
- We've all done it, its like walking in quicksand, the more you struggle the faster you sink.
- When an old coach route from Lancaster to Kendal used to take a shortcut across the bay, several coaches were either overtaken by the tide or sucked under in quicksand.
- Confronting seven different objections to our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures, he charts a course through the philosophical quicksands that often engulf us.
- The only person to come out well from the whole affair was Harold, who is portrayed on the Bayeux Tapestry rescuing some of William's men from the quicksands in front of Mont St. Michel.
- With quicksand, the more you struggle in it the faster you will sink.
- There is no doubt the playwright can turn a beautiful phrase, but By the Bog of Cats is so absorbed in its own desire to be lyrical and mysterious, it fails to notice that it is sinking into the quicksands of pretension.
- Explore the sands, catch some fish and learn about quicksands with Cedric Robinson.
- His warnings proved to be accurate during the building of the Tuam Street pumping station as there was great difficulty because of the quicksands and beds of shingle around the site.
- Victims are sucked down by quicksands and drowned by the tides that can race in faster than a man can run.
- It is into this quicksand that the public finances are now fast sinking.
- Queen Anne's commissioners were seriously concerned about foundations in Millbank's quicksands, calling repeatedly for reports from architects, surveyors and master tradesmen.
- Stay on the foreshore and do not go onto the sands - nobody knows where the quicksands are.
- If you're out of work and find yourself sinking in financial quicksand, don't be too proud to yell for help.
- There's no worse place on earth for quicksand and nobody can top my men for sand rescue.
- As Martin Luther King Jr. told us, "Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice."
- In desperation, she tried to force her unwilling feet to move, but it was as though she were mired in quicksand.
- We naturally turn to the Bible for guidance and find ourselves mired in interpretive quicksand.
Synonyms
swamp, bog, morass, peat bog, quagmire, quag, slough, sump, fen, fenland, swampland, marshland, wetland, salt marsh, saltings, salina
1. 1.1 A bad or dangerous situation from which it is hard to escape.
  John found himself sinking fast in financial quicksand
  Example sentencesExamples
  Are you sinking in a bit of financial quick sand?
  But the Middle East has proved more of a quicksand for her talents.
  His own transition came via the quicksand of television soap opera.
  The difficulty in nailing down the hardware/software cost component isn't in the definitions, it is keeping your footing in the quicksand of technology.
  And private lives will always be the quick sand of American politics.
  But in recent years attendance has plunged, forcing the track into financial quicksand.
  Unconventional measures - quantitative easing - seem to have been sufficient to avoid the quicksand of deflation.
  The quicksand of compound interest is real.
  But going negative could be political quicksand for Senator Obama.
  The boom that was built on the quicksand of inflation then comes to a sudden end.
  Would Israel Defense Forces soldiers find themselves fighting on political quicksand?
  We'd go on, but disputing these petty points is the quicksand of journalism.
  I was sinking in a quicksand of bitterness.
  Alito was treading carefully to avoid the same quicksand that dragged Miers down.
  Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.
  Each day we seem to sink deeper into the quicksand of self-indulgence.
  Suddenly its own chosen ground of national security had turned into quicksand.
  Stay too long and you inevitably drown in a quicksand of disappointment, seedy nostalgia and self-deception.
  We naturally turn to the Bible for guidance and find ourselves mired in interpretive quicksand.
  Our constitutional system, despite six major revisions, has apparently become trapped by a quicksand of confusion.

Definition of quicksand in US English:

quicksand

nounˈkwɪkˌsændˈkwikˌsand

also quicksands

1Loose wet sand that yields easily to pressure and sucks in anything resting on or falling into it.
Example sentencesExamples
- Explore the sands, catch some fish and learn about quicksands with Cedric Robinson.
- In desperation, she tried to force her unwilling feet to move, but it was as though she were mired in quicksand.
- When John died, in October 1216, shortly after losing part of his baggage train in quicksands in the Wash, the country was torn in two by a civil war which was going badly for the Angevins.
- His warnings proved to be accurate during the building of the Tuam Street pumping station as there was great difficulty because of the quicksands and beds of shingle around the site.
- When an old coach route from Lancaster to Kendal used to take a shortcut across the bay, several coaches were either overtaken by the tide or sucked under in quicksand.
- Victims are sucked down by quicksands and drowned by the tides that can race in faster than a man can run.
- Stay on the foreshore and do not go onto the sands - nobody knows where the quicksands are.
- We naturally turn to the Bible for guidance and find ourselves mired in interpretive quicksand.
- Morecambe Bay is notoriously dangerous, with fast rising tides and quicksands.
- Far from holding the intellectual high ground, economics rests on foundations of quicksand.
- If you're out of work and find yourself sinking in financial quicksand, don't be too proud to yell for help.
- We've all done it, its like walking in quicksand, the more you struggle the faster you sink.
- There is no doubt the playwright can turn a beautiful phrase, but By the Bog of Cats is so absorbed in its own desire to be lyrical and mysterious, it fails to notice that it is sinking into the quicksands of pretension.
- There's no worse place on earth for quicksand and nobody can top my men for sand rescue.
- It is into this quicksand that the public finances are now fast sinking.
- As Martin Luther King Jr. told us, "Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice."
- The only person to come out well from the whole affair was Harold, who is portrayed on the Bayeux Tapestry rescuing some of William's men from the quicksands in front of Mont St. Michel.
- With quicksand, the more you struggle in it the faster you will sink.
- Queen Anne's commissioners were seriously concerned about foundations in Millbank's quicksands, calling repeatedly for reports from architects, surveyors and master tradesmen.
- Confronting seven different objections to our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures, he charts a course through the philosophical quicksands that often engulf us.
Synonyms
swamp, bog, morass, peat bog, quagmire, quag, slough, sump, fen, fenland, swampland, marshland, wetland, salt marsh, saltings, salina
1. 1.1 A bad or dangerous situation from which it is hard to escape.
  John found himself sinking fast in financial quicksand
  Example sentencesExamples
  We'd go on, but disputing these petty points is the quicksand of journalism.
  But the Middle East has proved more of a quicksand for her talents.
  Unconventional measures - quantitative easing - seem to have been sufficient to avoid the quicksand of deflation.
  But in recent years attendance has plunged, forcing the track into financial quicksand.
  The difficulty in nailing down the hardware/software cost component isn't in the definitions, it is keeping your footing in the quicksand of technology.
  We naturally turn to the Bible for guidance and find ourselves mired in interpretive quicksand.
  Suddenly its own chosen ground of national security had turned into quicksand.
  And private lives will always be the quick sand of American politics.
  Are you sinking in a bit of financial quick sand?
  I was sinking in a quicksand of bitterness.
  But going negative could be political quicksand for Senator Obama.
  Stay too long and you inevitably drown in a quicksand of disappointment, seedy nostalgia and self-deception.
  Alito was treading carefully to avoid the same quicksand that dragged Miers down.
  The boom that was built on the quicksand of inflation then comes to a sudden end.
  His own transition came via the quicksand of television soap opera.
  Would Israel Defense Forces soldiers find themselves fighting on political quicksand?
  Each day we seem to sink deeper into the quicksand of self-indulgence.
  Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.
  The quicksand of compound interest is real.
  Our constitutional system, despite six major revisions, has apparently become trapped by a quicksand of confusion.

单词	quicksand
释义	Definition of quicksand in English: quicksand noun ˈkwɪksandˈkwɪkˌsænd mass nounalso quicksands 1Loose wet sand that yields easily to pressure and sucks in anything resting on or falling into it. it's best to travel with a local as there are quicksands Example sentencesExamples Far from holding the intellectual high ground, economics rests on foundations of quicksand. Morecambe Bay is notoriously dangerous, with fast rising tides and quicksands. When John died, in October 1216, shortly after losing part of his baggage train in quicksands in the Wash, the country was torn in two by a civil war which was going badly for the Angevins. We've all done it, its like walking in quicksand, the more you struggle the faster you sink. When an old coach route from Lancaster to Kendal used to take a shortcut across the bay, several coaches were either overtaken by the tide or sucked under in quicksand. Confronting seven different objections to our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures, he charts a course through the philosophical quicksands that often engulf us. The only person to come out well from the whole affair was Harold, who is portrayed on the Bayeux Tapestry rescuing some of William's men from the quicksands in front of Mont St. Michel. With quicksand, the more you struggle in it the faster you will sink. There is no doubt the playwright can turn a beautiful phrase, but By the Bog of Cats is so absorbed in its own desire to be lyrical and mysterious, it fails to notice that it is sinking into the quicksands of pretension. Explore the sands, catch some fish and learn about quicksands with Cedric Robinson. His warnings proved to be accurate during the building of the Tuam Street pumping station as there was great difficulty because of the quicksands and beds of shingle around the site. Victims are sucked down by quicksands and drowned by the tides that can race in faster than a man can run. It is into this quicksand that the public finances are now fast sinking. Queen Anne's commissioners were seriously concerned about foundations in Millbank's quicksands, calling repeatedly for reports from architects, surveyors and master tradesmen. Stay on the foreshore and do not go onto the sands - nobody knows where the quicksands are. If you're out of work and find yourself sinking in financial quicksand, don't be too proud to yell for help. There's no worse place on earth for quicksand and nobody can top my men for sand rescue. As Martin Luther King Jr. told us, "Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice." In desperation, she tried to force her unwilling feet to move, but it was as though she were mired in quicksand. We naturally turn to the Bible for guidance and find ourselves mired in interpretive quicksand. Synonyms swamp, bog, morass, peat bog, quagmire, quag, slough, sump, fen, fenland, swampland, marshland, wetland, salt marsh, saltings, salina 1.1 A bad or dangerous situation from which it is hard to escape. John found himself sinking fast in financial quicksand Example sentencesExamples Are you sinking in a bit of financial quick sand? But the Middle East has proved more of a quicksand for her talents. His own transition came via the quicksand of television soap opera. The difficulty in nailing down the hardware/software cost component isn't in the definitions, it is keeping your footing in the quicksand of technology. And private lives will always be the quick sand of American politics. But in recent years attendance has plunged, forcing the track into financial quicksand. Unconventional measures - quantitative easing - seem to have been sufficient to avoid the quicksand of deflation. The quicksand of compound interest is real. But going negative could be political quicksand for Senator Obama. The boom that was built on the quicksand of inflation then comes to a sudden end. Would Israel Defense Forces soldiers find themselves fighting on political quicksand? We'd go on, but disputing these petty points is the quicksand of journalism. I was sinking in a quicksand of bitterness. Alito was treading carefully to avoid the same quicksand that dragged Miers down. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Each day we seem to sink deeper into the quicksand of self-indulgence. Suddenly its own chosen ground of national security had turned into quicksand. Stay too long and you inevitably drown in a quicksand of disappointment, seedy nostalgia and self-deception. We naturally turn to the Bible for guidance and find ourselves mired in interpretive quicksand. Our constitutional system, despite six major revisions, has apparently become trapped by a quicksand of confusion. Definition of quicksand in US English: quicksand nounˈkwɪkˌsændˈkwikˌsand also quicksands 1Loose wet sand that yields easily to pressure and sucks in anything resting on or falling into it. Example sentencesExamples Explore the sands, catch some fish and learn about quicksands with Cedric Robinson. In desperation, she tried to force her unwilling feet to move, but it was as though she were mired in quicksand. When John died, in October 1216, shortly after losing part of his baggage train in quicksands in the Wash, the country was torn in two by a civil war which was going badly for the Angevins. His warnings proved to be accurate during the building of the Tuam Street pumping station as there was great difficulty because of the quicksands and beds of shingle around the site. When an old coach route from Lancaster to Kendal used to take a shortcut across the bay, several coaches were either overtaken by the tide or sucked under in quicksand. Victims are sucked down by quicksands and drowned by the tides that can race in faster than a man can run. Stay on the foreshore and do not go onto the sands - nobody knows where the quicksands are. We naturally turn to the Bible for guidance and find ourselves mired in interpretive quicksand. Morecambe Bay is notoriously dangerous, with fast rising tides and quicksands. Far from holding the intellectual high ground, economics rests on foundations of quicksand. If you're out of work and find yourself sinking in financial quicksand, don't be too proud to yell for help. We've all done it, its like walking in quicksand, the more you struggle the faster you sink. There is no doubt the playwright can turn a beautiful phrase, but By the Bog of Cats is so absorbed in its own desire to be lyrical and mysterious, it fails to notice that it is sinking into the quicksands of pretension. There's no worse place on earth for quicksand and nobody can top my men for sand rescue. It is into this quicksand that the public finances are now fast sinking. As Martin Luther King Jr. told us, "Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice." The only person to come out well from the whole affair was Harold, who is portrayed on the Bayeux Tapestry rescuing some of William's men from the quicksands in front of Mont St. Michel. With quicksand, the more you struggle in it the faster you will sink. Queen Anne's commissioners were seriously concerned about foundations in Millbank's quicksands, calling repeatedly for reports from architects, surveyors and master tradesmen. Confronting seven different objections to our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures, he charts a course through the philosophical quicksands that often engulf us. Synonyms swamp, bog, morass, peat bog, quagmire, quag, slough, sump, fen, fenland, swampland, marshland, wetland, salt marsh, saltings, salina 1.1 A bad or dangerous situation from which it is hard to escape. John found himself sinking fast in financial quicksand Example sentencesExamples We'd go on, but disputing these petty points is the quicksand of journalism. But the Middle East has proved more of a quicksand for her talents. Unconventional measures - quantitative easing - seem to have been sufficient to avoid the quicksand of deflation. But in recent years attendance has plunged, forcing the track into financial quicksand. The difficulty in nailing down the hardware/software cost component isn't in the definitions, it is keeping your footing in the quicksand of technology. We naturally turn to the Bible for guidance and find ourselves mired in interpretive quicksand. Suddenly its own chosen ground of national security had turned into quicksand. And private lives will always be the quick sand of American politics. Are you sinking in a bit of financial quick sand? I was sinking in a quicksand of bitterness. But going negative could be political quicksand for Senator Obama. Stay too long and you inevitably drown in a quicksand of disappointment, seedy nostalgia and self-deception. Alito was treading carefully to avoid the same quicksand that dragged Miers down. The boom that was built on the quicksand of inflation then comes to a sudden end. His own transition came via the quicksand of television soap opera. Would Israel Defense Forces soldiers find themselves fighting on political quicksand? Each day we seem to sink deeper into the quicksand of self-indulgence. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. The quicksand of compound interest is real. Our constitutional system, despite six major revisions, has apparently become trapped by a quicksand of confusion.
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