gravel
- IPA[ˈɡravl]
英式
- a loose aggregation of small water-worn or pounded stones.；a mixture of gravel with coarse sand, used for paths and roads and as an aggregate.
- cover (an area of ground) with gravel；make (someone) angry or annoyed
verb: gravel, 3rd person present: gravels, gerund or present participle: gravelling, past tense: gravelled, past participle: gravelled
noun: gravel
- 釋義
- 相關詞
名詞
- 1. a loose aggregation of small water-worn or pounded stones.
- ▪ a mixture of gravel with coarse sand, used for paths and roads and as an aggregate.
- ▪ a stratum or deposit of gravel.
- 2. aggregations of crystals formed in the urinary tract.
動詞
- 1. cover (an area of ground) with gravel they gravelled the road steps lead down from the terrace to a gravelled path
- 2. US informal make (someone) angry or annoyed the strike was badly organized and it gravelled him to involve himself in it
- ▪ archaic confuse or puzzle (someone) the wisest doctor is gravelled by the inquisitiveness of a child
- almost completely blind.
Oxford American Dictionary
- almost completely blind.
Oxford Dictionary
- a quarry from which gravel is or has been obtained: the nature reserve is in a partly flooded gravel pit
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[ˈɡrav(ə)l]
美式
- a loose aggregation of small water-worn or pounded stones.
- cover (an area of ground) with gravel: they graveled the road
Oxford American Dictionary
