1. 1鵝卵石(鋪路用的)

    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.

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.

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  • cobblethe stone itself; cobblestone spells that idea out with stone
  • stonethe second half of the compound
  • cobbledan adjective: a street covered with cobblestones

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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/

  • 1

    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
  • 2

    Cobblestones viewed as a building or paving material.

    • The road was paved in cobblestone.

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