cobblestone
cobblestone — 名詞
1. a small, naturally rounded stone, usually about the size of a fist, set into the
鵝卵石
舖路用的圓形小石頭
a small, naturally rounded stone, usually about the size of a fist, set into the ground in tightly packed rows to pave streets in older European towns before modern asphalt — for example, the bumpy lanes in old Prague or Lisbon.
Roya twisted her ankle on a loose cobblestone outside the cathedral.
Roya 在大教堂外踩到一塊鬆動的鵝卵石，扭傷了腳踝。
common collocation: loose cobblestone
The narrow alley behind the bakery was paved with worn grey cobblestones.
麵包店後面那條窄巷舖滿了已經磨得發亮的灰色鵝卵石。
passive: be paved with cobblestones
Tour buses cannot enter the old town because the cobblestones damage the tires.
遊覽車不能開進舊城區，因為鵝卵石會把輪胎磨壞。
Ilan picked up a smooth cobblestone from the river and put it in his pocket.
Ilan 從河邊撿了一顆光滑的鵝卵石，放進口袋裡。
Workers in Lisbon spent six months replacing the broken cobblestones on Rua Augusta.
里斯本的工人花了六個月，更換奧古斯塔街上破損的鵝卵石。
- setts
British technical term for the squared paving blocks; cobblestones are rounder and more irregular.
- paving stone
broader term covering any flat stone used in a street or path, not just rounded ones.
文法句型
cobblestone street
cobblestone alley
用法筆記
Often used in the plural to describe the surface of a whole street; the singular usually refers to one stone you can hold or trip over.
常見錯誤
cobblestone — 形容詞
- cobblestonepositive
- more cobblestonecomparative
- most cobblestonesuperlative
1. describing a street, courtyard, or path whose surface is built from small rounde
鵝卵石舖的
用圓石頭舖成路面的
describing a street, courtyard, or path whose surface is built from small rounded stones packed together — common in the old centres of European cities like Edinburgh or Krakow.
Élise rented a tiny apartment above a cobblestone street in the old quarter.
Élise 在舊城區租了一間小公寓，樓下就是鵝卵石舖的街道。
attributive: cobblestone + street
The cobblestone courtyard outside Maeve's hostel echoed with footsteps every morning.
Maeve 住的青年旅館外的鵝卵石中庭，每天早晨都迴盪著腳步聲。
attributive: cobblestone + courtyard
Pulling a suitcase across the cobblestone path was nearly impossible for Sirin.
Sirin 拉著行李箱走在鵝卵石小路上，幾乎寸步難行。
Joshua slipped on the wet cobblestone square after a sudden rain shower.
突然下了一場雨，Joshua 在濕滑的鵝卵石廣場上滑了一跤。
- cobbled
more common in British English for the same idea — 'a cobbled street' is interchangeable with 'a cobblestone street'.
- stone-paved
more general, can also describe surfaces of large flat slabs rather than the rounded variety.
- paved
in informal contrast 'paved' usually implies asphalt or smooth concrete, the opposite of bumpy stone.
文法句型
cobblestone + noun
用法筆記
Used only before a noun (attributive). You cannot say 'the street is cobblestone'; use 'the street is paved with cobblestones' instead.