1.
covered in sand; sandy all over
the state of being thoroughly coated or smeared with sand
子供たちが砂まみれで遊んでいる。
The children are playing covered in sand.
砂浜で転んで全身砂まみれになった。
I fell on the beach and got sand all over me.
砂まみれのユニフォームを洗濯機に入れる前に、外ではたいて砂を落とした。
Before putting the sand-covered uniform in the washing machine, I shook the sand off outside.
Uses the suffix まみれ, which attaches to nouns to mean 'covered in' or 'smeared with' something, typically something undesirable or messy. The pattern is noun}まみれ. Unlike {砂だらけ, which emphasizes that sand is everywhere in a location, 砂まみれ focuses on sand clinging to a person or object.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 砂まみれになる: to become covered in sand
- 砂まみれの手: sand-covered hands
- 砂まみれの服: sand-covered clothes
RELATED まみれ EXPRESSIONS:
- 泥まみれ: covered in mud
- 血まみれ: covered in blood
- 汗まみれ: drenched in sweat
- 借金まみれ: drowning in debt (figurative)