pebble
美音:
[´pebəl
]英音:
[´pebəl
]n.小圆石,小鹅卵石
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难易程度:
pebble为六级词汇
词形变化:
形容词:pebbly 动词过去式:pebbled 过去分词:pebbled 现在分词:pebbling 第三人称单数:pebbles
词根
-el 具有“缩小”意义的名词字尾 变化型 -le
近义词, 同义词
pebble
/'pebl; `pɛbl/
n
1 small stone made smooth and round by the action of water, eg in a stream or on the seashore 卵石; 砾石.
2 (idm 习语) not the only pebble on the beach not the only person who matters or who has to be considered 并非唯一要紧的或要考虑的人.
pebble
n[C]
[Language: Old English;Origin: papolstan, from papol (perhaps from the sound of small stones hitting against each other) + stan 'stone']
a small smooth stone found especially on a beach or on the bottom of a river
The beach was covered with smooth white pebbles.
>pebblyadj
a pebbly beach