rubble

英 [ˈrʌbl]

美 [ˈrʌbl]

n.  碎石; 碎砖

复数：rubbles　

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Collins.1 / BNC.9739 / COCA.7549

牛津词典

noun

• 碎石；碎砖
  broken stones or bricks from a building or wall that has been destroyed or damaged
  1. The bomb reduced the houses to rubble .
     炸弹把那片房子炸成了一堆瓦砾。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 碎石;碎砖;瓦砾
  When a building is destroyed, the pieces of brick, stone, or other materials that remain are referred to asrubble.
  1. Thousands of bodies are still buried under the rubble...
     成千上万的尸体仍然被埋在碎石瓦砾下。
  2. Entire suburbs have been reduced to rubble.
     整个市郊都变成了一片废墟。
• N-UNCOUNT (建房铺路用的)碎石，毛石
  Rubbleis used to refer to the small pieces of bricks and stones that are used as a bottom layer on which to build roads, paths, or houses.
  1. Brick rubble is useful as the base for paths and patios.
     碎砖石可以用来铺路基和庭院地基。

英英释义

noun

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
  Synonym:debrisdustjunkdetritus

双语例句

• Search and rescue of survivors trapped underneath rubble;
  搜寻和抢救被困在废墟下的幸存者；
• Entire suburbs have been reduced to rubble.
  整个市郊都变成了一片废墟。
• Rescuers are still digging people out of the rubble.
  营救人员仍然在从瓦砾中往外挖人。
• The fourteenth century cathedral was reduced to a mass of rubble.
  这座14世纪的大教堂变成了一堆瓦砾。
• It took two hours to extricate him from the rubble.
  花了两个小时才把他从瓦砾中解救出来。
• As the aeroplane went down the runway the wing touched a pile of rubble.
  飞机降落沿跑道滑行的时候机翼擦到了一堆碎石。
• Brick rubble is useful as the base for paths and patios.
  碎砖石可以用来铺路基和庭院地基。
• And we hear it in the cries of a child, miraculously pulled from the rubble.
  我们听到了孩子的哭泣，也听到了废墟中的奇迹。
• All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble
  城里所有的建筑都成了废墟。
• You can see all the rubble around me here.
  你可以看到我周围全是瓦砾。