a sandbar in/off [place]
表示沙洲的位置时,常用 in 指河流或海中,off 指海岸外。
A sandbar lies off the coast.
海岸外有一道沙洲。
沙洲;沙坝
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
沙洲;沙坝
a bar of sand; a ridge of sand in a river or along a coast
A sandbar lies off the coast.
海岸外有一道沙洲。
由波浪作用在岸边形成的沙脊。
A ridge of sand caused by the action of waves along a shore.
沙洲
a bar of sand
A sandbar near the shore becomes visible when the tide goes out.
退潮时,靠近岸边的一道沙洲露了出来。
The boat had to slow down to avoid the sandbars hidden just below the surface.
船不得不减速,以避开刚藏在水面下的沙洲。
The children built a small castle on the sandbar at the river mouth.
孩子们在河口的一道沙洲上堆了一个小城堡。
表示沙洲的位置时,常用 in 指河流或海中,off 指海岸外。
A sandbar lies off the coast.
海岸外有一道沙洲。
form 是常见的搭配动词,说明沙洲如何形成。
The river current slowly formed a sandbar.
河水水流慢慢形成了一道沙洲。
Not this
There are many sandbar in the river.
Use this
There are many sandbars in the river.
sandbar 是可数名词,复数形式是 sandbars;用 many 修饰时,名词必须用复数。
Not this
The boat hit sandbar near the shore.
Use this
The boat hit a sandbar near the shore.
sandbar 是单数可数名词,前面需要冠词 a 或 an 等限定词;这里第一次提到,应该用 a。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
近海沙洲
A strong wave can shift an offshore sandbar.
巨浪可以使近海沙洲移动。
移动沙洲
The shifting sandbar made the channel dangerous.
移动的沙洲使得航道变得危险。
河口沙洲
A river mouth sandbar often blocks the passage.
河口沙洲常常阻碍通行。
低潮沙洲
A low-tide sandbar appears when the water recedes.
低潮沙洲在水退去时出现。
沙洲的形成
Sandbar formation depends on the movement of sediment.
沙洲的形成取决于沉积物的移动。
在沙洲上,我们头顶星空,那里没有束缚。
This line is from the Beach Boys' 1962 hit 'Surfin' Safari', a landmark of the California surf-rock sound. It paints an idyllic, carefree night on a sandbar, and the word 'bars' plays on both sandbar and anything that restricts you.
这句歌词出自海滩男孩乐队1962年的热门歌曲《Surfin' Safari》,是加州冲浪摇滚乐的代表作品。它描绘了沙洲上无忧无虑的夜晚,“bars”一词双关,既指沙洲(sandbar),也指令人受束缚的东西。
Use sandbar naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把sandbar拆成sand(沙)+bar(吧台),想象水中沙粒堆成一条长吧台,就是沙洲。
语域:neutral 常见场景:地理、水文、河流或海岸环境 通常用于地理或水文描述,多出现在谈论河流入海口、海岸或浅滩等自然环境的场合;日常口语中不那么常用,是比较中性的书面说法。
这些词都与 sandbar 词尾的 /-bɑr/ 押韵:bar, car, jar, far, star, handlebar。注意,barrel /ˈbærəl/ 和 barrier /ˈbæriər/ 虽然都以 bar 开头,但读音不同,不押韵。
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