记忆方法
1. from Old French gravele "sand, gravel," diminutive of grave "sand, seashore" (Modern French grève).
2. grave 坟 + l 象把铁锹，挖坟时挖出的沙石；grave 雕刻 + l 象把刀，刻刀刻下的沙石。
3. grave（n 墓穴；坟墓），l：grave是用gravel堆积而成的。
4. -el 指小后缀，因此该词表示：一些细碎的、小而碎的东西。
2. grave 坟 + l 象把铁锹，挖坟时挖出的沙石；grave 雕刻 + l 象把刀，刻刀刻下的沙石。
3. grave（n 墓穴；坟墓），l：grave是用gravel堆积而成的。
4. -el 指小后缀，因此该词表示：一些细碎的、小而碎的东西。
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词族 · gravel
中文词源
gravel 沙砾，砾石
来自PIE*ghreu, 刮，磨，擦，词源同chrism, great, grit. 即磨下来的小砂子。
英语词源
- gravel
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gravel: [13] Gravel is of Celtic origin. It has been traced to a prehistoric Celtic *gravo- ‘gravel’, never actually recorded but deduced from Breton grouan and Cornish grow ‘soft granite’. French borrowed it as grave ‘gravel, pebbles’ (perhaps the source of the English verb grave ‘clean a ship’s bottom’ [15], now encountered virtually only in graving dock, from the notion of ships being hauled up on to the pebbles of the seashore for cleaning). The Old French diminutive of grave was gravelle – whence English gravel.
- gravel (n.)
- "stone in small, irregular fragments," early 13c., from Old French gravele "sand, gravel; sea-shore; sandy bed of a river," diminutive of grave "sand, seashore" (Modern French grève), possibly from Celtic *graw- (compare Welsh gro "coarse gravel," Breton grouan, Cornish grow "gravel"), perhaps ultimately from PIE *ghreu- "to rub, grind" (see grit (n.)). Gravel-crusher was World War I slang for "infantryman."
权威例句
- 1. I signed in and crunched across the gravel to my room.
- 我签到后嘎吱嘎吱走过石子路来到我的房间。
- 2. Two young men were racing motorcycles on the loose gravel.
- 两个小伙子正在松散的砾石路面上赛摩托车。
- 3. She heard the crunch of tires on the gravel driveway.
- 她听到轮胎轧过石子铺成的车道，发出嘎吱声。
- 4. The water burbled over gravel.
- 水流过卵石，汩汩作响。
- 5. Her feet scrunch on the gravel.
- 她的脚喀嚓喀嚓地踩在沙砾上。
词语辨析
【pebble, stone, rock, gravel】
这组词都有“石、石头”的意思，其区别是：
pebble: 多指海边、河边或沙中圆形的小卵石。
stone: 普通用词，泛指井然的或经加工的各类石头，可大可小。
rock: 普通用词，指构成地表最坚硬部分或突出于周围地面的巨大岩石，也可指石头或石块。
gravel: 集合名词，常指用于铺路的小石子和沙砾。
这组词都有“石、石头”的意思，其区别是：
pebble: 多指海边、河边或沙中圆形的小卵石。
stone: 普通用词，泛指井然的或经加工的各类石头，可大可小。
rock: 普通用词，指构成地表最坚硬部分或突出于周围地面的巨大岩石，也可指石头或石块。
gravel: 集合名词，常指用于铺路的小石子和沙砾。