释义 |
[ peb-lee ] / ˈpɛb li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pebbly ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving or covered with pebbles: the pebbly beach at Nice. (of a texture, design, etc.) having a granular or pebbled surface: shoes with a pebbly finish. Origin of pebblyFirst recorded in 1590–1600; pebble + -y1 Words nearby pebblypebble, pebble dash, pebble garden, pebble heater, pebbling, pebbly, pebi-, pebrine, pec, pecan, pecan patty Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pebbly"It's very good of you to see me like this," said the girl, in the voice of a rapid brook with a pebbly bed. Mr. Prohack|E. Arnold Bennett He heard nothing but the rustling of the leaves and the gurgling of the water over the shallow and pebbly portions of its bed. Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago|Major John Richardson Their road curved a little to the sea, and at its last bend they were close to the pebbly ridge on which the Tower was built. The Vanished Messenger|E. Phillips Oppenheim The shape and colour of the Plaice tell their own story of a life on the sandy, pebbly bed of the sea. Within the Deep|R. Cadwallader Smith
Words related to pebblyjagged, craggy, rough, flinty, hard, inflexible, petrified, solid, bouldered, lapidarian, lithic, petrous, rock-ribbed, rockbound, stonelike |