“sandiness”的英英意思

单词 sandiness
释义 sandiness|ˈsændɪnɪs|
[f. sandy a. + -ness.]
1. The quality or condition of being sandy.
c1642Observator Def. 6 The sandinesse and incoherence of the Animadversors consequence.1783W. F. Martyn Geog. Mag. II. 132 The sandiness of their walks.1873Roberts Handbk. Med. 173 The eyes are injected and watery, with a feeling of soreness and sandiness.
2. U.S. slang. The quality of having ‘sand’ or pluck. (Cf. sand n.2 7 b.)
1897Flandrau Harvard Episodes 31 Their persistent ‘sandiness’ compelled his admiration.
“sandiness”的英英意思

 

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