pebble

rock, stone, gravel, pebble

名词 pebble:

1. a small smooth rounded rock

1. The boy teases the dog by pebble it with acorn.
   男孩子们用橡树果打狗逗它玩。
2. Memory is a child walking along a seashore. You can never tell what small pebble it will pick up and store away among its treasured things.
   记忆犹如一个沿着海边行走的孩子。你永远无法知道它会拣起哪块小石头珍藏起来。
3. He dropped a pebble from the bridge and waited for the plop.
   他从桥上扔下一颗卵石，然後等著听那扑通的一声。
4. There are many pebbles on the riverbed.
   河床上有很多卵石。

peb.ble

n.（名词）
A small stone, especially one worn smooth by erosion.
鹅卵石：一种小石子，尤指被冲蚀的光滑石头

Clear, colorless quartz; rock crystal.
水晶，石英：透明的无色石英；石英
A lens made of such quartz.
水晶透镜：由这种石英制成的镜片
Geology A rock fragment between 4 and '4 millimeters (0.' and 2.5 inches) in diameter, especially one that has been naturally rounded.
【地质学】 水晶石：石英断片，直径4到'4毫米(0.'到2.5英寸），尤指天然圆形的石英颗粒
An irregularly rough, grainy surface, as on leather or paper.
粗糙表面，卵石花纹：不均匀的粗糙状表面，如皮革或纸面
v.tr.（及物动词）
peb.bled,peb.bling,peb.bles
To pave with pebbles.
用卵石铺
To impart an irregularly rough, grainy surface to (leather or paper).
弄粗糙，印卵石花纹：给（皮革或纸张）以极为粗糙和粒状表面
To pelt with pebbles.
用卵石投掷

来源：
Middle English pobble, pibel, pebul
中古英语 pobble, pibel, pebul
from Old English papol-
源自 古英语 papol-
as in papolst3n [pebblestone]
如在 papolst3n [鹅卵石]

【引伸】
peb.bly
adj.（形容词）