pebble

词源不详。可能来自拟声词，模仿磨的声音，-le,表反复。

pebble (n.)

small, smooth stone, late 13c., from Old English papolstan "pebblestone," of unknown origin. Perhaps imitative. Some sources compare Latin papula "pustule, pimple, swelling."

1. You throw a pebble in a pool and it ripples.

往池塘里扔块鹅卵石就会激起一片涟漪。

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2. The bird mistook the pebble for egg and tried to hatch it.

这只鸟错把卵石当蛋,想去孵它.

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3. You aren't the only pebble on the beach.

你这样的人多得很.

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4. He fitted a pebble into the catapult and pulled back the elastic. Twang!

他把石子放进弹弓里，然后往回拉动橡皮筋。“嘣”！

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5. He glared at Nikitin but the General Secretary stared him out with hard, pebble-like eyes.

他怒视着尼基廷，但总书记圆睁双眼，用严厉的目光瞪得他转移了视线。

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