Leonard, I'm trapped in quicksand! The axe is dragging me down!

莱纳德 我陷进流沙里了 这斧头在拖我下去呢！

But isn't that isthmus only composed of quicksand?

那么，这地峡只是由松的沙土形成的吗？

And here would happen if you fell into quicksand.

我们一起来看看，如果陷入流沙会怎。

We call it Death Swamp. There's quicksand there.

我们叫它死亡沼泽，那里有流沙。

At that point, the watery sand starts to behave as a fluid—think quicksand.

此刻，水的沙子就以向流体那—想象一下流沙。

But it's a little bit...you're a little bit less in the quicksand.

但你还没有达到那种危险境地。

Fun fact: it's impossible to become fully submerged in quicksand.

完全淹没在流沙里是不能的。

Liquefaction happens when waterlogged, loose soil (we call it " sand" ) turns into quicksand, temporarily.

当积水的松散土壤（我们称之为 “沙子”）暂时变成流沙时，就会发生液化。

It's true that real quicksand isn't like what you see at the movies.

是的，真正的流沙并不像你在电影里看到的那。

You can’t compensate for having a foundation made of quicksand by building a new story on top of it.

你无法通过建造新的楼层来弥补像流沙一般的地基。

On the other hand, quicksand gets thicker over time.

另一方面，流沙会随时间的推移变得越来越厚。

In high stress conditions, like being under the weight of your body, quicksand changes.

在压力大的情况下，比如承受人体重量，流沙会发生变化。

He'll call it a quicksand and then a quagmire.

他会称它为流沙，然后是泥潭。

It was like quicksand! Geopardy quicksand!

这就像个陷阱 危险的陷阱！

The reason why you won't sink right through is because quicksand is rarely more than a few feet deep.

你之所以不会直接沉下去，是因为流沙很少超过几英尺深。

But where was it? Could she reach it before the hands clutched her and dragged her down into the quicksands?

但是它在哪里呢？在那双手抓住她拖到脚下的流沙中去之前她能够赶到达那里吗？

The queer shack was standing next to the quicksand.

• 古怪的小屋矗立在流沙旁边。

There was quicksand in the bottom of the well.

学生: 井底有流沙。

Wang felt the road beneath his feet shift like quicksand.

王觉得脚下的路像流沙一移。

Movies love quicksand. And why not?

电影喜欢流沙。那么为何不？