| 单词 | gravel |
| 释义 | gravel (once / 549 pages) 1nv 2v 3v Gravel is very small, irregular pieces of rock and stone. Your gravel driveway might crunch under your boots as you walk to the mailbox. Roads, paths, walkways, and yards are all sometimes paved with gravel, which is a relatively inexpensive material to use for marking areas and preventing the growth of weeds and other plants. Gravel is more rough and rocky than sand, and smaller than stones. The word gravel comes from the French word gravele, "gravel or sand," which in turn comes from grave, "seashore or sand." The ultimate Proto-Indo-European root may be ghreu, "to rub or grind." WORD FAMILYgravel: graveled, graveling, gravelled, gravelling, gravelly, gravels USAGE EXAMPLESWhen the crash occurred, Grogan was driving 50 mph down a gravel road. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) His voice is like gravel on a Queens road. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) I followed a sign that advertised Te Motu Vineyard as a short walk up a gravel road. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n rock fragments and pebbles Syn|Hypo|Hyper crushed rock ballast coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads bank gravel, pit run, pit-run gravelgravel as found in natural deposits shinglecoarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel) rock, stone material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust 2v cover with gravel 2We gravelled the driveway Hyper cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered v cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex chafe feel extreme irritation or anger get, get under one's skin irritate eat into, fret, grate, ranklegnaw into; make resentful or angry peevecause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful ruffletrouble or vex fretcause annoyance in beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provokeannoy continually or chronically antagonise, antagonizeprovoke the hostility of goad, needlegoad or provoke,as by constant criticism bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, tormenttreat cruelly hazeharass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions displease give displeasure to v be a mystery or bewildering to Syn|Hypo|Hyper amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex mix up, stump cause to be perplexed or confounded riddleset a difficult problem or riddle elude, escapebe incomprehensible to; escape understanding by defy, refuse, resistelude, especially in a baffling way bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly |
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