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Quicksand
quicksand
(quicksands) 1. Quicksand is deep, wet sand that you sink into if you try to walk on it. The sandbank was uncertain, like quicksand under his feet. N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl 2. You can refer to a situation as quicksand when you want to suggest that it is dangerous or difficult to escape from, or does not provide a strong basis for what you are doing. The research seemed founded on quicksand. N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
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noun Date: 14th century 1. sand readily yielding to pressure; especially a deep mass of loose sand mixed with water into which heavy objects readily sink 2. something that entraps or frustrates lead poor people into consumerist ~ — Robert Wright ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
n. 1 loose wet sand that sucks in anything placed or falling into it. 2 a bed of this. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. геол. плывун, зыбучий песок, рыхлая порода 2. засасывающее болото, трясина, топь the quicksands of human nature —- глухие тайники человеческой души the quicksands of marriage —- засасывающая трясина брака to get caught in a quicksand (in the quicksands) —- попасть в трясину ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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also quicksands plural n plural n wet sand that is dangerous because it pulls you down into it if you try to walk on it ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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