cobble
英 ['k?b(?)l]
美 ['kɑbl]
- vt. 修，拙劣地修補；鋪鵝卵石，用圓石鋪面
- n. 鵝卵石，圓石
- n. (Cobble)人名；(英)科布爾
助記提示
1. 諧音“可補”-----修補、補鞋。
2. cob + -le => cobble.
3. cob => cobble => 表示圓形的東西、圓形的石塊兒。
4. cob was derived from cob 'rounded lump', with the diminutive suffix -le.
5. 像補鞋一樣這里補一塊兒、那里補一塊兒。 =》 引申為：胡亂拼湊。
中文詞源
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. You can cobble it together from any old combination of garments.
- 把以前的衣服隨便搭配一下就能拼湊出一套。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The warm stones strewed their flakes upon the cobble.
- 鵝卵石路上撒滿溫熱的石頭碎片.
來自辭典例句
- 3. The cart clattered over the cobble - stones.
- 馬車御嗒御嗒響著經(jīng)過大卵石路.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Enjoy the narrow cobble stone streets and quant atmosphere.
- 喜歡那鋪滿鵝卵石的狹窄街道和泛舟的氛圍.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. The chair took him half a day to cobble up.
- 他花了半天功夫就草草做成了這把椅子.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)