Boulder



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.巨砾
• ［英］ n.巨砾 ( any large rock)
• ［类］ colossus : figurine / boulder : pebble ( 巨型雕像对小雕像 / 大卵石对小卵石) frond : leaf / boulder : rock ( 蕨类叶是一种叶子 / 大圆石是一种石头)
• ［记］ 比较:pebble ( 小卵石)

Webster Collegiate

also bowlder noun

• Etymology: short for boulder stone, from Middle English bulder ston, part translation of a word of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialect bullersten large stone in a stream, from buller noise + sten stone
• Date: 1617
• a detached and rounded or much-worn mass of rock
• ? bouldered adjective
• ? bouldery adjective

记忆

boulevard 上的大石头，boulder

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