英语词汇“pebbly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pebble

2 of 2

verb

pebbled; pebbling ˈpe-b(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce pebble (audio)

transitive verb

: to pelt with pebbles

: to pave or cover with pebbles or something resembling pebbles

: to grain (a material, such as leather) so as to produce a rough and irregularly indented surface

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Other items include a pebble from the Dead Sea contributed by the Israel Space Agency.

Ann Albers, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 In one of the collages on display, William Burroughs’s profile nearly eclipses that of the nineteen-fifties movie star turned gay icon Tab Hunter, and both are all but obscured by a swarm of pebble-like fragments and bits of collage.

Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022 And the Israel Space Agency donated a pebble from the lowest dry land surface on Earth, the shore of the Dead Sea, to travel on Artemis 1, a flight that will venture further than any human has gone before.

Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 Aug. 2022 During Greer’s tenure as Senior Editor, SPIN went from a pebble in Rolling Stone’s shoe, to being at the forefront of the Grunge Era, due, in large part, to their coverage of a small three-piece band from Seattle named Nirvana.

Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 3 Aug. 2022 From those pensive jigsaw puzzles, Scarbath shapes works of different textures from the flotsam and jetsam of everyday life: a shard of colored glass or a pebble that just caught her eye.

Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2022 Ankylosaurs, by contrast, had heavier coats of armor that could take the form of pebble-like dots to massive spikes and even club tails.

Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2022 In 1996, an archaeologist named Aly A. Barakat was doing fieldwork in an Egyptian desert and stumbled across an unusual shiny black pebble now known as the Hypatia stone (after Hypatia of Alexandria).

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 June 2022 Consider styles made from materials meant to get better with each wear, like nubuck or pebble-grained leather.

Shelby Ying Hyde, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English pobble, from Old English papolstān, from papol- (of unknown origin) + stān stone

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	pebbly
释义	pebble 1 of 2 noun peb·ble ˈpe-bəl 1 : a small usually rounded stone especially when worn by the action of water 2 : transparent and colorless quartz : rock crystal 3 : an irregular, crinkled, or grainy surface pebbly ˈpe-b(ə-)lē adjective pebble 2 of 2 verb pebbled; pebbling ˈpe-b(ə-)liŋ transitive verb 1 : to pelt with pebbles 2 : to pave or cover with pebbles or something resembling pebbles 3 : to grain (a material, such as leather) so as to produce a rough and irregularly indented surface Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Noun Other items include a pebble from the Dead Sea contributed by the Israel Space Agency. Ann Albers, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 In one of the collages on display, William Burroughs’s profile nearly eclipses that of the nineteen-fifties movie star turned gay icon Tab Hunter, and both are all but obscured by a swarm of pebble-like fragments and bits of collage. Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022 And the Israel Space Agency donated a pebble from the lowest dry land surface on Earth, the shore of the Dead Sea, to travel on Artemis 1, a flight that will venture further than any human has gone before. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 Aug. 2022 During Greer’s tenure as Senior Editor, SPIN went from a pebble in Rolling Stone’s shoe, to being at the forefront of the Grunge Era, due, in large part, to their coverage of a small three-piece band from Seattle named Nirvana. Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 3 Aug. 2022 From those pensive jigsaw puzzles, Scarbath shapes works of different textures from the flotsam and jetsam of everyday life: a shard of colored glass or a pebble that just caught her eye. Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2022 Ankylosaurs, by contrast, had heavier coats of armor that could take the form of pebble-like dots to massive spikes and even club tails. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2022 In 1996, an archaeologist named Aly A. Barakat was doing fieldwork in an Egyptian desert and stumbled across an unusual shiny black pebble now known as the Hypatia stone (after Hypatia of Alexandria). Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 June 2022 Consider styles made from materials meant to get better with each wear, like nubuck or pebble-grained leather. Shelby Ying Hyde, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 May 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English pobble, from Old English papolstān, from papol- (of unknown origin) + stān stone First Known Use Noun before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition pebble noun peb·ble ˈpe-bəl : a small rounded stone pebbly adjective as in jagged not having a level or smooth surface a jerky ride on a pebbly road the rubber handles have a pebbly texture that makes them easier to grip when they are wet Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance jagged uneven rugged rough lumpy ragged coarse wavy broken irregular bumpy roughened scraggy rutted undulating rutty knobby nubbly undulatory nubby lopsided pocked knobbly pitted inexact harsh unbalanced sandpapery unaligned scraggly burred knurled scratchy nonuniform knurly Antonyms & Near Antonyms smooth flat uniform level regular exact even true vertical horizontal plane aligned straight tabular alined flush plumb See More
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pebble

noun

verb

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Kids Definition

noun

adjective