[mass noun]waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings (尤指拆除建筑物时的)瓦砾;碎石;碎砖 two buildings collapsed, trapping scores of people in the rubble. 两幢建筑物塌下来,把许多人困在瓦砾中。 ■pieces of rough or undressed stone used in building walls, especially as filling for cavities 毛石,粗石
派生 rubbly adjective 语源
late Middle English: perhaps from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French robe 'spoils'; compare with rubbish