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A cobblestone is a small, roundish stone set into the ground to make a hard road, especially in the past. Many stones sit tight together so carts and feet have something solid to travel on. The surface is strong but uneven, so it shakes a bike or a car. Today most new roads use a smooth black surface instead, but old streets and squares often still show cobblestones.
鵝卵石(鋪路用的)
組成From Middle English cobylstone / cobyllstone, cobble + stone. Compare Old Norse köppusteinn and Danish kampesten, both meaning a large stone — those are cousins in other languages, not English pieces of this word.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
cobblestonenoun/ˈkɑbl̩ˌstoʊn/
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A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.
- In restless dreams I walked alone / Narrow streets of cobblestone
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Cobblestones viewed as a building or paving material.
- The road was paved in cobblestone.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。