pebble
英 ['peb(?)l]
美['p?bl]
- n. 卵石；水晶透鏡
- vt. 用卵石鋪
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詞態變化
復數:?pebbles;
中文詞源
pebble 鵝卵石，礫石
詞源不詳。可能來自擬聲詞，模仿磨的聲音，-le,表反復。
英文詞源
- pebble (n.)
- small, smooth stone, late 13c., from Old English papolstan "pebblestone," of unknown origin. Perhaps imitative. Some sources compare Latin papula "pustule, pimple, swelling."
雙語例句
- 1. You throw a pebble in a pool and it ripples.
- 往池塘里扔塊鵝卵石就會激起一片漣漪。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The bird mistook the pebble for egg and tried to hatch it.
- 這只鳥錯把卵石當蛋,想去孵它.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. You aren't the only pebble on the beach.
- 你這樣的人多得很.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He fitted a pebble into the catapult and pulled back the elastic. Twang!
- 他把石子放進彈弓里，然后往回拉動橡皮筋。“嘣”！
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He glared at Nikitin but the General Secretary stared him out with hard, pebble-like eyes.
- 他怒視著尼基廷，但總書記圓睜雙眼，用嚴厲的目光瞪得他轉移了視線。
來自柯林斯例句