pebble
pebble — noun
1. a small stone with a smooth, rounded shape, often shaped by water and seen on be
a small stone with a smooth, rounded shape, often shaped by water and seen on beaches or in rivers.
Emma filled her pocket with flat pebbles from the riverbank.
flat pebbles from a riverbank
Small pebbles crunched under our shoes as we walked down the beach.
pebbles on a beach
A gray pebble lay at the bottom of the goldfish bowl.
Leo skipped a smooth pebble across the lake before sunset.
The path was lined with white pebbles around the rose bed.
文法句型
a smooth pebble
pebbles on the beach
用法筆記
Usually used for one small, rounded stone that you can pick up in your hand. Distinguish from 'gravel', which normally means many small stones used together as a surface, not one separate stone.
常見錯誤
pebble — verb
1. to throw small stones at a person, animal, building, or other target.
to throw small stones at a person, animal, building, or other target.
Angry boys pebbled the old shed after the game ended.
pebble + direct object
Someone had pebbled the bus window during the noisy street protest.
The guard shouted when two children pebbled the ducks by the pond.
In the dark, vandals pebbled the shop sign and ran away.
文法句型
pebble + object
用法筆記
Rare in modern English and more likely in literary writing than everyday speech. The direct object is the thing being hit, unlike verb/2, where the direct object is the surface being covered.
常見錯誤
2. to spread small rounded stones over a path, yard, or other surface, or to make i
to spread small rounded stones over a path, yard, or other surface, or to make it with that kind of covering.
Workers pebbled the garden path before the hotel opened.
pebble + surface
The owner pebbled the yard to keep mud off the shoes.
The narrow drive was pebbled with white stones near the farmhouse.
The town pebbled the riverside walk last spring for visitors.
文法句型
pebble + surface
be pebbled with + stones
用法筆記
Usually used for paths, drives, yards, and similar outdoor surfaces. Distinguish from verb/1: here the object is the place being covered, not the thing being hit.