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。
英英释意
- 1. a small smooth rounded rock
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."
同义词辨析
rock, stone, gravel, pebble
这些名词均含"石，石头"之意。
rock： 普通用词，指构成地表最坚硬部分或突出于周围地面的巨大岩石，也可指石头或石块。
stone： 普通用词，泛指井然的或经加工的各类石头，可大可小。
gravel： 集合名词，常指用于铺路的小石子和沙砾。
pebble： 多指海边、河边或沙中圆形的小卵石。
考试真题
- The rounded edges, cool glass, smooth and unknowable as a pebble ( ' , 鹅卵石).
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
词组搭配
not the only pebble on the beach
实用场景例句
- The origin of pebble stove in China and several development phases are reviewed.
- 回顾了我国球式热风炉的起源及所经历的几个发展阶段.
期刊摘选
- When he had heard the quotation, it was a pebble.
- 在艾伦当初听到这句格言的时候, 它还只是一颗鹅卵石.
期刊摘选
- Now now! Don't take so many biscuits; You are not the only pebble on the beach.
- 好了! 别拿那么多饼干, 不是只有你一个人((还有其他很多人)).
辞典例句
- They lean on the rail and toss a pebble into the falls, or a leaf.
- 他们凭着桥栏,把一粒鹅卵石或一片树叶投在瀑布里.
辞典例句
- His forepaws braced a pebble.
- 它那双前爪紧紧抓住了一块小石子.
辞典例句
- A pebble dislodged, a blade of grass bent, a file moved.
- 无论是取出一块鹅卵石, 折弯一片草叶,还是移动一份文件.
期刊摘选
- It is speculated that there are many more circles to come from that one pebble.
- 据推测,卵石激起的波纹还会有很多.
期刊摘选
- The pearl and pebble necklaces are a peculiarity of the peninsula.
- 珍珠和卵石项链是半岛的一个特色.
期刊摘选
- Then he squeezed the trigger and the pebble spattered.
- 他赶快把扳机一扣,啪的一声,石子击了个粉碎.
辞典例句
- The pebble I threw skimmed over the water.
- 我扔的小石片掠过水面.
期刊摘选
- You aren't the only pebble on the beach.
- 你这样的人多得很.
《简明英汉词典》
- He isn't the only pebble on the beach.
- 像他这样的人多得很.
期刊摘选
- But if he refused to pick a pebble, his father would be thrown into Jail.
- 但是如果他拒绝挑选鹅卵石, 他的父亲将被关进监狱.
期刊摘选
- On the way, Hansel dropped a pebble every several meters.
- 一路上, 亨舍儿每隔几米就扔一块鹅卵石.
期刊摘选
- A probable new species of pebble crab was also found off the coast of southwestern Australia.
- 这只螃蟹很可能是一种新的石卵蟹,来自澳大利亚西南海域.
期刊摘选
- The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.
- 石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪.
辞典例句
- We are going to pebble the walks in the park.
- 我们将用鹅卵石铺公园里的走道.
辞典例句
- These particles range from coarse silt to sand or pebble size.
- 这些颗粒的大小变化范围是从粗粉砂级到砂级或细砂级.
辞典例句
- She moaned as a sharp pebble cut into her blistered foot.
- 一颗尖石子扎破了她脚上的血泡,她痛得叫了一声.
飘（部分）
- The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.
- 那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊.
《简明英汉词典》
- At night they searched their saddle bags and discovered every pebble had become a diamond.
- 当夜幕降临,他们查看自己的马褡子,发现每一颗鹅卵石竟然都变成了钻石.
期刊摘选
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- A pebble lodged in his shoe.
- 一块鹅卵石进入他的鞋里.
辞典例句
- What we need you to do is to take a pebble there and jam the gears.
- 我们要你做的就是把一个小鹅卵石弄进去并卡住里面的传动装置.
期刊摘选
- 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”！
柯林斯例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句