small, smooth stone, late 13c., from Old English papolstan "pebblestone," of unknown origin. Perhaps imitative. Some sources compare Latin papula "pustule, pimple, swelling."
雙語例句
1. You throw a pebble in a pool and it ripples.
往池塘裏扔塊鵝卵石就會激起一片漣漪。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The bird mistook the pebble for egg and tried to hatch it.
這隻鳥錯把卵石當蛋,想去孵它.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. You aren't the only pebble on the beach.
你這樣的人多得很.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. He fitted a pebble into the catapult and pulled back the elastic. Twang!
他把石子放進彈弓裏，然後往回拉動橡皮筋。“嘣”！
來自柯林斯例句
5. He glared at Nikitin but the General Secretary stared him out with hard, pebble-like eyes.