- sand-castle (n.)
[sand-castle 词源字典] - 1838, from sand (n.) + castle (n.).[sand-castle etymology, sand-castle origin, 英语词源]
- sand-fly (n.)
- 1748, from sand (n.) + fly (n.).
- sand-lot (n.)
- also sandlot, "plot of empty land in a town or suburb," 1878, from sand (n.) + lot. In reference to the kind of sports or games played on them by amateurs, it is recorded from 1890, American English.
- sand-trap (n.)
- 1838, "device for filtering out impurities," from sand (n.) + trap (n.). As "a golf bunker" from 1906.
- sandal (n.)
- type of shoe, late 14c., from Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium "a slipper, sandal," from Greek sandalion, diminutive of sandalon "sandal," of unknown origin, perhaps from Persian. Related: Sandals.
- sandalwood (n.)
- 1510s, earlier sandell (c. 1400), saundres (early 14c.), from Old French sandale, from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Late Greek santalon, ultimately from Sanskrit čandana-m "the sandalwood tree," perhaps literally "wood for burning incense," related to candrah "shining, glowing," and cognate with Latin candere "to shine, glow" (see candle).
- sandbag (n.)
- 1580s, from sand (n.) + bag (n.).
- sandbag (v.)
- 1860, "furnish with sandbags," from sandbag (n.). Meaning "pretend weakness," 1970s perhaps is extended from poker-playing sense of "refrain from raising at the first opportunity in hopes of raising more steeply later" (1940), which perhaps is from sandbagger in the sense of "bully or ruffian who uses a sandbag as a weapon to knock his intended victim unconscious" (1882). Hence "to fell or stun with a blow from a sandbag" (1887). Related: Sandbagged; sandbagging.
- sandbar (n.)
- 1755, from sand (n.) + bar (n.1).
- sandbox (n.)
- also sand-box, 1570s as an instrument to sprinkle sand, from sand (n.) + box (n.1). From 1680s as "a box holding sand;" 1891 as a low-sided sand pit for children's play.
- sanderling (n.)
- wading bird (Crocethia alba), c. 1600, probably from sand (n.) + diminutive suffix -ling, but OED suggests possible derivation from Old English *sand-yrðling, with second element yrðling "plowman" (literally "earthling").
- sandiness (n.)
- 1640s, from sandy + -ness.
- Sandinista (n.)
- member of a Nicaraguan revolutionary group, 1928, from Spanish, from name of Augusto César Sandino (1893-1934), Nicaraguan nationalist leader; the modern organization of this name was founded in 1963. Related: Sandanistas.
- sandman (n.)
- bringer of sleep in nursery lore, 1861, from sand (n.) in reference to hard grains found in the eyelashes on waking; first attested in a translation from the Norwegian of Andersen (his Ole Lukoie "Ole Shut-eye," about a being who makes children sleepy, came out 1842), and perhaps partly from German Sandmann. More common in U.S.; dustman with the same sense is attested from 1821.
- sandpaper (v.)
- 1835, from sandpaper (n.).
Related: Sandpapered; sandpapering.
- sandpaper (n.)
- also sand-paper, 1788, from sand (n.) + paper (n.).
- sandpiper (n.)
- 1670s, from sand (n.) + piper.
- Sandra
- fem. proper name, originally short for Alexandra. Little used before c. 1920; a top-20 name for girls born in the U.S. 1938-1967.
- sandspit (n.)
- 1854, from sand (n.) + spit (n.).
- sandstone (n.)
- 1660s, from sand (n.) + stone (n.). So called from its composition.
