gravel

英 [ˈɡrævl]

美 [ˈɡrævl]

n.  沙砾; 砾石; 石子

复数：gravels　现在分词：gravelling　过去式：gravelled　第三人称单数：gravels　过去分词：gravelled　

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牛津词典

noun

• 沙砾；砾石；石子
  small stones, often used to make the surface of paths and roads
  1. a gravel path
     石子路
  2. a gravel pit (= a place where gravel is taken from the ground)
     砾石采掘场

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 砂砾；砾石
  Gravelconsists of very small stones. It is often used to make paths.
  1. ...a gravel path leading to the front door.
     通向前门的石子路

英英释义

noun

• rock fragments and pebbles
  Synonym:crushed rock

verb

• be a mystery or bewildering to
  1. This beats me!
  2. Got me--I don't know the answer!
  3. a vexing problem
  4. This question really stuck me
  Synonym:perplexvexstickgetpuzzlemystifybafflebeatposebewilderflummoxstupefynonplusamazedumbfound
• cover with gravel
  1. We gravelled the driveway
• cause annoyance in
  1. Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
  2. It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
  Synonym:annoyragget tobotherget atirritaterilenarknettlevexchafedevil

双语例句

• We heard the crunch of wheels on the gravel drive.
  我们听到车轮碾过石子路时发出的嘎吱声。
• Made of packed earth or gravel.
  填满了泥土或砂砾的。
• Her feet scrunch on the gravel.
  她的脚喀嚓喀嚓地踩在沙砾上。
• The workmen mixed sand, gravel, and cement to make concrete.
  工人们把沙，石子和水泥混和成混凝土。
• Sandstone and conglomerate are the consolidated equivalent of sand and gravel.
  砂岩和砾岩分别是砂和砾石固结的产物。
• The water burbled over gravel
  水流过卵石，汩汩作响。
• Compared with the porcelain granule with a same grain diameter, gravel and quartz sand can be cleaned easily.
  与相同粒径的陶粒相比较，砾石和石英砂易于冲洗干净；
• This area of former farmland was worked as a gravel pit until 1964.
  这块过去曾是农田的地1964年前一直被用作沙砾坑。
• Floods from melting glaciers helped carve this canyon, deepening it and removing most of its sand and gravel.
  洪水从冰川融化帮助雕刻这个峡谷，加深它，并消除其大部分沙和碎石。
• The sand fill-ups the space between the stone and gravel.
  沙子填满了石块和砾石的所有间隙。