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

• 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。
• I signed in and crunched across the gravel to my room.
  我签到后嘎吱嘎吱走过石子路来到我的房间。
• Two young men were racing motorcycles on the loose gravel
  两个小伙子正在松散的砾石路面上赛摩托车。
• The gravel pits have been landscaped and planted to make them attractive to wildfowl
  砾石采掘坑已进行了景观美化并种上了草木，希望能吸引野禽的到来。
• Her feet scrunch on the gravel.
  她的脚喀嚓喀嚓地踩在沙砾上。
• Made of packed earth or gravel.
  填满了泥土或砂砾的。
• The water burbled over gravel
  水流过卵石，汩汩作响。
• Concrete is made of cement, sand, and gravel mixed with water.
  混凝土是由水泥、沙子和碎石并和水混合而成的。
• The sand went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel.
  细沙填满了大石头和碎石之间的所有空隙。
• 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。