• n. 卵石；水晶透鏡
• vt. 用卵石鋪

詞源不詳?？赡軄碜詳M聲詞，模仿磨的聲音，-le,表反復(fù)。

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."

1. You throw a pebble in a pool and it ripples.

往池塘里扔塊鵝卵石就會(huì)激起一片漣漪。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The bird mistook the pebble for egg and tried to hatch it.

這只鳥錯(cuò)把卵石當(dāng)?shù)?想去孵它.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. You aren't the only pebble on the beach.

你這樣的人多得很.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. He fitted a pebble into the catapult and pulled back the elastic. Twang!

他把石子放進(jìn)彈弓里，然后往回拉動(dòng)橡皮筋?！班浴保?/dd>

來自柯林斯例句

5. He glared at Nikitin but the General Secretary stared him out with hard, pebble-like eyes.

他怒視著尼基廷，但總書記圓睜雙眼，用嚴(yán)厲的目光瞪得他轉(zhuǎn)移了視線。

來自柯林斯例句