Gravel
['græv(ə)l] or ['ɡrævl]
解释:
(noun.) rock fragments and pebbles.
(verb.) cover with gravel; 'We gravelled the driveway'.
欧文校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.
(n.) A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.
(v. t.) To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
(v. t.) To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
(v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
(v. t.) To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
埃尔默编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. Sand, grit, small pebbles.
v. a. [1]. Cover with gravel.[2]. Puzzle, embarrass, perplex, bewilder, stagger, pose, nonplus, put out.
柯蒂斯校对
解释:
n. small stones often intermixed with sand: small collections of gravelly matter in the kidneys or bladder.—v.t. to cover with gravel: to puzzle perplex:—pr.p. grav′elling; pa.p. grav′elled.—adj. Grav′elly.—ns. Grav′el-pit a pit from which gravel is dug; Grav′el-walk a footpath covered with gravel.
克林顿编辑
娱乐性解释：
To dream of gravel, denotes unfruitful schemes and enterprises. If you see gravel mixed with dirt, it foretells you will unfortunately speculate and lose good property.
丹尼整理
例句:
- On one of those occasions I saw a figure on the broad gravel walk under my window. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The moon was set, and it was very dark; Bessie carried a lantern, whose light glanced on wet steps and gravel road sodden by a recent thaw. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- His footsteps were heard along the gravel path; in a moment he was in the passage, and in another he was before them. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- You have a sweet room here, Mr. Bingley, and a charming prospect over the gravel walk. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- Catherick came into our garden one night, and woke us by throwing up a handful of gravel from the walk at our window. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- While thus engaged he heard footsteps on the gravel without, and somebody knocked at the door. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The turf was verdant, the gravelled walks were white; sun-bright nasturtiums clustered beautiful about the roots of the doddered orchard giants. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- We don't want to do it; but if men will be gravelled, why--we can't help it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- On one of those occasions I saw a figure on the broad gravel walk under my window. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The moon was set, and it was very dark; Bessie carried a lantern, whose light glanced on wet steps and gravel road sodden by a recent thaw. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- His footsteps were heard along the gravel path; in a moment he was in the passage, and in another he was before them. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- You have a sweet room here, Mr. Bingley, and a charming prospect over the gravel walk. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- Catherick came into our garden one night, and woke us by throwing up a handful of gravel from the walk at our window. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- While thus engaged he heard footsteps on the gravel without, and somebody knocked at the door. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
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