cobble
英['kɒb(ə)l]
美['kɑbl]
- vt. 修，拙劣地修补；铺鹅卵石，用圆石铺面
- n. 鹅卵石，圆石
- n. (Cobble)人名；(英)科布尔
词态变化
第三人称单数: cobbles;过去式: cobbled;过去分词: cobbled;现在分词: cobbling;助记提示
1. 谐音“可补”-----修补、补鞋。
2. cob + -le => cobble.
3. cob => cobble => 表示圆形的东西、圆形的石块儿。
4. cob was derived from cob 'rounded lump', with the diminutive suffix -le.
5. 像补鞋一样这里补一块儿、那里补一块儿。 =》 引申为：胡乱拼凑。英文词源
- cobble
- cobble: Cobble as in cobblestone [15] and cobble ‘mend’ [15] are two distinct words. The former was derived from cob ‘rounded lump’, with the diminutive suffix -le. The earliest evidence of it is in the compound cobblestone, and it is not recorded on its own until about 1600. The verb cobble is a back-formation from cobbler ‘shoemaker’ [14], of unknown origin. The derivative cobblers ‘nonsense’ [20] is short for cobbler’s awls, rhyming slang for ‘balls’.
=> cob - cobble (n.)
- "paving stone; worn, rounded stone," c. 1600, earlier cobblestone, probably a diminutive of cob in some sense. The verb in this sense is from 1690s. Related: Cobbled; cobbling.
- cobble (v.)
- "to mend clumsily," late 15c., perhaps a back-formation from cobbler (n.1), or from cob, via a notion of lumps. Related: Cobbled; cobbling.
双语例句
- 1. You can cobble it together from any old combination of garments.
- 把以前的衣服随便搭配一下就能拼凑出一套。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The warm stones strewed their flakes upon the cobble.
- 鹅卵石路上撒满温热的石头碎片.
来自辞典例句
- 3. The cart clattered over the cobble - stones.
- 马车御嗒御嗒响着经过大卵石路.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Enjoy the narrow cobble stone streets and quant atmosphere.
- 喜欢那铺满鹅卵石的狭窄街道和泛舟的氛围.
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- 5. The chair took him half a day to cobble up.
- 他花了半天功夫就草草做成了这把椅子.
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