The main dam of Qingfengling reservoir is designed as core shell sand dam, and some problems caused by construction material exist here.

青峰岭水库主坝为宽心墙砂壳坝，存在着由于筑坝材料引起的坝体质量问题。

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Allow your disappointment to form a pearl just as an oyster does when an irritating grain of sand gets inside its shell, but grab the pearl before the sand gets in your eyes.

把你的失望孕育成一枚珍珠，就像牡蛎对待一颗落入壳中的沙砾一样，但要在沙砾进入你的眼睛前抓紧珍珠。

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The shell is on the sand.

贝壳放在沙子上面。

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You could throw it like a small javelin, or stab it into a piece of steak instead of using a fork, or you might take the ink cartridge out of the pen and fill the hollow shell with sand (just because you like sand).

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The red dirt gave way to smooth, egg-shell-white sand.

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Continuing the theme of found food, a soft-shell crab is presented as an edible beach treasure, surrounded by amaranth grains for sand and brown-butter sauce for seawater.

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