pebble
英 ['peb(ə)l]
美['pɛbl]
- n. 卵石；水晶透镜
- vt. 用卵石铺
词态变化
复数: pebbles;
中文词源
pebble 鹅卵石，砾石
词源不详。可能来自拟声词，模仿磨的声音，-le,表反复。
英文词源
- 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."
双语例句
- 1. You throw a pebble in a pool and it ripples.
- 往池塘里扔块鹅卵石就会激起一片涟漪。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The bird mistook the pebble for egg and tried to hatch it.
- 这只鸟错把卵石当蛋,想去孵它.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. You aren't the only pebble on the beach.
- 你这样的人多得很.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He fitted a pebble into the catapult and pulled back the elastic. Twang!
- 他把石子放进弹弓里，然后往回拉动橡皮筋。“嘣”！
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He glared at Nikitin but the General Secretary stared him out with hard, pebble-like eyes.
- 他怒视着尼基廷，但总书记圆睁双眼，用严厉的目光瞪得他转移了视线。
来自柯林斯例句
