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pebble怎么读？

pebble

英 ['peb(ə)l] 美['pɛbl]

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近义词rock gravel stone small

n. 卵石；水晶透镜
vt. 用卵石铺

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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。

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.

3. You aren't the only pebble on the beach.: 你这样的人多得很.

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”！

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。