pebble

pebble

英 ['peb(ə)l]
　　美 ['pɛbl]

n. 卵石；水晶透鏡
　　vt. 用卵石鋪

中文詞源：

pebble 鵝卵石，礫石

詞源不詳。可能來自擬聲詞，模仿磨的聲音，-le,表反復。

例句：

1. You throw a pebble in a pool and it ripples.
往池塘裡扔塊鵝卵石就會激起一片漣漪。

2. The bird mistook the pebble for egg and tried to hatch it.
這隻鳥錯把卵石當蛋,想去孵它.

3. You aren't the only pebble on the beach.
你這樣的人多得很.

4. He fitted a pebble into the catapult and pulled back the elastic. Twang!
他把石子放進彈弓裡，然後往回拉動橡皮筋。“嘣”！

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，用嚴厲的目光瞪得他轉移瞭視線。