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单词 pebble-ware
释义

pebble /pebˈl/

noun
  1. A small roundish stone, esp worn down by water
  2. Transparent and colourless rock-crystal
  3. A lens made of it
  4. A semi-precious agate
  5. A grained appearance on leather, as if pressed by pebbles
  6. A large size of gunpowder
adjective

Of pebble

transitive verb
  1. To stone or pelt
  2. To cover with pebbles
  3. To impart pebble to (leather)
ORIGIN: OE papol(-stān), a pebble(-stone)

pebbˈled adjective

pebbˈling noun

pebbˈly adjective

Full of pebbles

pebble-bed reactor noun (nuclear eng)

A reactor with a cylindrical core into which spherical fuel pellets are inserted at the top and removed at the base

pebbˈledash noun

  1. A method of coating exterior walls with small pebbles set into the mortar
  2. This coating

transitive verb

To treat or coat with pebbledash

pebbˈle-glasses plural noun (often facetious)

Spectacles with very thick lenses

pebbˈle-powˈder noun

Gunpowder in large cubical grains

pebbˈle-stone noun

A pebble

pebbˈle-ware noun

A fine pottery of mixed coloured clays

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