pebble
pebble
noun
not the only pebble on the beach
pebbled
adjective
pebbly
( pebblier, pebbliest)
adjective(pebblier, pebbliest)
语源
noun
- a small stone made smooth and round by the action of water or sand
卵石，砾石
- [attrib.](informal)(of a spectacle lens) very thick and convex
(非正式)（眼镜片）很厚的，凸起的
pebble glasses.
厚厚的眼镜片。
not the only pebble on the beach
- (especially of a former lover) not unique or irreplaceable
pebbled
adjective
pebbly
( pebblier, pebbliest)
adjective(pebblier, pebbliest)
语源
- late Old English, recorded as the first element of papel-stān 'pebble-stone', pyppelrīpig 'pebble-stream', of unknown origin. The word is recorded in place names from the early 12th cent. onwards
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