Gravel



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 碎石, 砂砾
• ［英］ n. 碎石, 砂砾 ( a loose mixture of pebbles and rock fragments)
• ［类］ gravel : pebble / crowd : person ( 小卵石组成一堆碎石 / 人组成人群)
• ［记］ 和gavel ( 小木槌) 一起记, 可能来自词根grav ( 重) +el -> 重的东西 -> 碎石

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French gravele, diminutive of grave, greve river bank, stony ground
• Date: 13th century
• 1. obsolete sand
• 2.
  • a. loose rounded fragments of rock
  • b. a stratum or deposit of gravel; also a surface covered with gravel <a gravel road>
• 3. small calculi in the kidneys and urinary bladder

II. transitive verb (-eled or -elled; -eling or gravelling)

• Date: 1543
• 1. to cover or spread with gravel
• 2.
  • a. perplex, confound
  • b. irritate, nettle <disappointed…and graveled him a good deal — Mark Twain>

III. adjective

• Date: 1939
• gravelly 2 — used of the human voice

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