pebble

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈpɛb.əl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water. countable,uncountable
    — Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach Fillip the stars;
  2. A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. countable,uncountable
  3. A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface. countable,uncountable
  4. Transparent and colourless rock crystal. countable,uncountable
    — Brazilian pebble
  5. A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains. countable,uncountable
  6. A small piece of crack cocaine. countable,slang,uncountable
    — You ain't got your Glock for the summer / And you ain't gonna pop for your gunner / You ain't in the whip with them pebbles (Nah) / You ain't on the strip with the rebels (Nah)
动词 v.
  1. To pave with pebbles. transitive
  2. To deposit water droplets on the ice. transitive
    — to pebble the ice between games
  3. To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences. transitive
  4. To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules, in a pebble game. transitive

词形变化

pebbles plural pebbles present,singular,third-person pebbling participle,present pebbled participle,past pebbled past

词汇关系

衍生词
pebble-bed reactor pebble dash pebble-dash pebble in one's shoe pebble lens pebbleless pebblelike pebble mill pebble plant pebbler pebblesnail pebblestone pebble toad pebbleware pebbly snatch the pebble

词源

词源 1
From Middle English pibel (also in pibleston), from Old English papolstān (“pebble-stone”), from Old English *papol, *pyppel, *pæbbel of unknown origin + Old English stān. Compare Albanian popël.
词源 2
From Middle English pibel (also in pibleston), from Old English papolstān (“pebble-stone”), from Old English *papol, *pyppel, *pæbbel of unknown origin + Old English stān. Compare Albanian popël.
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