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cobble

/kob-uhl/US // ˈkɒb əl //UK // (ˈkɒbəl) //

卵石,鹅卵石,卵石块,卵石铺路

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    cob·bled, cob·bling.

    • : to mend; patch.
    • : to put together roughly or clumsily.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmanufacture

Examples

  • For Melodi, and many of her friends who are in creative industries, the pandemic has been a time of cobbling together ways to get by.

  • In 2019, the Heat cobbled together a four-team deal to bring Jimmy Butler to Biscayne Boulevard via sign-and-trade.

  • Then, like many chefs, he laid off most of his staff — many had worked with him for years to establish the restaurant’s reputation as destination-worthy — and cobbled together a takeout program of dishes like burgers and pot stickers.

  • When the pandemic hit, those of us who were able to work from home had to quickly cobble together work stations.

  • Germany is a team in transition, and scraped through the tournament’s group stage after losing to France and cobbling together a tie with Hungary.

  • Just cobble it together, plonk it on your head, and smile a lot.

  • A couple years ago, I was walking one weekday morning down Court Street in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn and came upon Robin Williams.

  • If only the Dems or the Reps could cobble one or two together out back in the shed.

  • The Lees were the 1st Black Family to move into the predominantly Italian-American Brooklyn Neighborhood of Cobble Hill.

  • He could call new elections, but he will more likely call on Renzi to cobble together a government where Letta failed.

  • The pavement is of rough cobble-stones, and swarms of dogs and children crowded the way everywhere.

  • The streets are lined with cobble stones and bowlders and low, white houses, mostly one-story high.

  • There were no harsh commands that he uttered, no rattling of wheels over cobble stones, no exhibition of a despotic will.

  • Many of its streets are paved with cobble-stones, and some of its buildings are, if not handsome, at least substantial.

  • There is a short squat cobble, flat-bottomed and of intolerable weight, down near the waters, and its owner makes for it.