pebble

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  • n.
    卵石
    水晶
    水晶透镜
    卵石花纹
  • vt.
    用卵石铺
    用石子扔
    使纹理粗糙

单词词源

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。

双语例句

1. Sometimes it takes but a single pebble to start an avalanche .
有时候只要一颗石子就能触发一场雪崩。
2. Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples .
快乐就像是一块被丢进池塘的卵石泛起阵阵涟漪。
3. But the wily ant on the right is standing on a pebble to gain a solid inch over his nemesis .
右边的这只狡猾的蚂蚁站在一颗石子上,以比它的仇敌高出那么一英寸。
4. Back then , japanese investors bought u. s. landmarks such as new york 's rockefeller center and the pebble beach golf course in california .
当时日本投资者收购了纽约洛克菲勒中心(rockefellercenter)、加州卵石滩高尔夫球场等地标性资产。
5. It has not learnt to hop and has an ingenious way of evading predators - it pulls its head in and rolls down the cliff like a pebble
它没能学会跳跃,但它有躲避天敌的巧妙方法---将身子缩成团,像卵石一样顺着悬崖滚下去。

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