Word · Frequency #19687
sandbar
沙洲;沙坝
a bar of sand; a ridge of sand in a river or along a coast
- 1.
A ridge of sand caused by the action of waves along a shore.
由波浪作用在岸边形成的沙脊。
- 2.
a bar of sand
沙洲
由波浪作用在岸边形成的沙脊。;沙洲;河堤
In use
A sandbar near the shore becomes visible when the tide goes out.
The boat had to slow down to avoid the sandbars hidden just below the surface.
The children built a small castle on the sandbar at the river mouth.
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。
form a sandbar
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。
Common mistakes
There are many sandbar in the river.
Connections
Collocations
- offshore sandbar
- 近海沙洲
- A strong wave can shift an offshore sandbar.巨浪可以使近海沙洲移动。
- shifting sandbar
- 移动沙洲
- The shifting sandbar made the channel dangerous.移动的沙洲使得航道变得危险。
- river mouth sandbar
- 河口沙洲
- A river mouth sandbar often blocks the passage.河口沙洲常常阻碍通行。
- low-tide sandbar
- 低潮沙洲
- A low-tide sandbar appears when the water recedes.低潮沙洲在水退去时出现。
- sandbar formation
- 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。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.