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pebbly

/peb-lee/US // ˈpɛb li //

鹅卵石,鹅卵石色的,鹅卵石的,卵石

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having or covered with pebbles: the pebbly beach at Nice.
    • : having a granular or pebbled surface: shoes with a pebbly finish.

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Examples

  • The study of a pebbly beach, drawn from crest to the deep water outside, will give an idea as to the history of its work.

  • Then the ice was like glass; but now it was pebbly, broken in spots, and not a little hummocky.

  • The crustacea are the grandees of the sea, who, in their lacework and embroidery, avoid the rude contact of the pebbly crowd.

  • At our fording place near the Saline, it is about sixty yards wide, with clear water and pebbly shores, like those of the Neosho.

  • I had but to wait and then wade in over the shallow to where I could see the sandy and pebbly bottom quite plain.