sand

kum

Sahillerde ve çöllerde bulunan, inşaatta da kullanılan çok küçük kaya parçaları.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Very small pieces of rock found on beaches and in deserts, and used for building.

• The sand feels warm.
• We built a castle in the sand.
• There was sand in my shoes after our walk.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: wet sand, fine sand, sand castle

kumluk, kumsal

Kumla kaplı sahil veya geniş alan; İngilizcede genellikle çoğul biçimde kullanılır.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A beach or another large area covered with tiny pieces of rock, often used in the plural.

• We walked across the golden sands.
• The tide covered the sands by evening.
• Oil companies work in the tar sands.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: sand bank, sand flat, sand deposit

kum tanesi

Sahildeki veya çöldeki kumun tek bir küçücük tanesi.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: One tiny piece of rock from a beach or desert.

• A single sand fell through the glass.
• Each sand in the hourglass marked another passing instant.
• The poet imagined counting every sand on the shore.

Eş anlamlılar: grain of sand

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: single sand, every sand

zaman, ömür

Kum saatinden dökülen tanelere benzetilen geçen zaman veya birinin kalan ömrü.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Time passing, or the time left in someone’s life, imagined as grains falling through a glass.

• The sands of time were running out.
• She watched the sands of his life slowly fall.
• No king can stop the sands of time.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: sand of time, last sand

zımparalamak

Bir yüzeyi düzleştirmek veya eski boyayı çıkarmak için zımpara kâğıdıyla ovmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To rub a surface with rough paper to make it smooth or remove old paint.

• Sand the wood before painting it.
• She sanded the table until it felt smooth.
• Have you sanded the rough edges yet?

Nasıl kullanılır: sand something down (Sand the door down before painting it.)

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: sand something down, sand the wood, sand a floor