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单词 cobble
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cobble1

noun ˈkɒb(ə)lˈkɑbəl
  • 1A small round stone used to cover road surfaces.

    (旧时用于铺路的)小圆石

    the sound of horses' hooves on the cobbles
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their claws clicked on the cobbles as they approached the corner.
    • Although his clothes were clean and cared-for, they were also clearly second-hand and shabby, and his long feet were bare on the cobbles of the street.
    • The noise of his feet on the cobbles woke the dogs of the town, who barked as if they meant to break their chains.
    • The white cobbles burnt the soles of her feet even through her tough slippers.
    • The cobbles were cool on my feet - I had not even put on sandals for fear of being heard creeping across the marble floor of my home.
    • I collapse the antenna and walk back along the cobbles, thinking again of the man who overwintered in this area.
    • In the middle of the roadway beneath the window, the Vizier's ivory rose lay pristine on the muddy cobbles.
    • ‘You came,’ she said as her friend pulled her suitcases out onto the cobbles.
    • Running her hand down along the side, she crouched in the shadows and reached to the bottom, where the stair met the well-worn cobbles.
    • If a traveler had been passing through, they would not have noticed that the cobbles in the square were uneven and had long since been denied attention.
    • I drag myself over the grey cobbles to the door, my heart in my ears, my feet stumbling, the grey weather scowling at me.
    • The streets shifted with no apparent rhyme or reason from flagstone to cobbles to brick and back again.
    • I complete it by slowly walking down the steps on the other side of the bridge, and turn on the polished cobbles of the old street.
    • Pulling herself painfully up, she wobbled shakily on the cobbles, catching the icy metal of the lamp-post next to her to steady herself.
    • The window in the study shattered as a piece of cobble flew into to it.
    • In total there are 148 square metres of accommodation, while outside, the back garden is laid in patio and cobble.
    • Stepping out onto the cobbles in front of the steps, the men found themselves at the center of a loose circle of guardsman.
    • The drunkard still lay unconscious on the cobbles.
    • Among the items found were pieces of 12th century pottery, 12th or 14th century cobble and part of a hearth.
    • His head pounded with each pace and his mouth felt dry and rough, like the dusty cobbles of the street.
    1. 1.1cobblesBritish Small round lumps of coal.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Cobbles of coal may be seen in the water showing the location of outcropping seams.
      • I found I could relate this cobble to the very last year that the mine was being mined.
      • You make the big decision to finish and then they keep moving the dates to make sure they get every last cobble of coal.

Origin

Late Middle English: from cob1 + -le2.

Rhymes

bobble, Chernobyl, gobble, hobble, knobble, nobble, squabble, wobble

cobble2

verb ˈkɒb(ə)lˈkɑbəl
[with object]
  • 1cobble something togetherRoughly assemble or produce something from available parts or elements.

    把…草率地拼凑起来

    the film was imperfectly cobbled together from two separate stories

    这部电影是由两个单独的故事马马虎虎拼凑起来的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • That's not stopping companies from cobbling together technologies.
    • Most deals were cobbled together at the last minute.
    • They're still cobbling together old solutions for single machines and trying to make them look new.
    • Those first armies had been cobbled together and paid on a hand-to-mouth basis.
    • Our first articles were cobbled together in record time.
    • A light tubular chassis with an inline 8 cylinder engine was made by cobbling a couple of sports engines together.
    • We worked it out by cobbling together some of the instructions for the earlier versions and all went smoothly enough.
    • In the past, we thought of joint operations as cobbling together a tactically - or even an operationally - effective force from various service components.
    • It's been done before, usually by cobbling together footage in a canny way.
    • Cobbling together good skills that can be applied to every situation will make you a force to be reckoned with at the table at all times.
    • Even if an agreement is cobbled together it will not please everyone.
    • Plato had a particular reason for cobbling together the story.
    • The first thing I did was cobble together a working computer so they could get started on building a database for their finds.
    • In fact, he's doing fine, cobbling together an income by ‘teaching some skiing seminars, selling some photos, and doing some freelance designing.’
    • He and the other dazed workers who converged on the center soon joined the priest in cobbling together an emergency response system.
    • Anyway, hopefully between us we will be able to cobble something together.
    • The best way to improve their economic prospects is not through the work-support programs that states are desperately cobbling together to help them cope.
    • Now, prototypes can be cobbled together in weeks from off-the-shelf components.
    • A large number of scholars, writers and activists have been quietly cobbling together a clear, confident and credible set of policy alternatives.
    • With the help of various agents we managed to cobble something together.
    Synonyms
    prepare roughly/hastily, make roughly/hastily, put together roughly/hastily, scribble, improvise, devise, contrive, rig (up), patch together, jerry-build
    informal throw together, whip up, fix, rustle up
    British informal knock up
  • 2dated Repair (shoes)

    〈旧〉修补(鞋子)

    it had a tarnished brass knocker showing a pixie cobbling shoes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Modern economies rely on the division of labor, such that one needn't bake bread, smith tools and cobble shoes in a day's work.

Origin

Late 15th century: back-formation from cobbler.

cobble1

nounˈkɑbəlˈkäbəl
usually cobbles
  • 1A cobblestone.

    the sound of horses' hooves on the cobbles
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Pulling herself painfully up, she wobbled shakily on the cobbles, catching the icy metal of the lamp-post next to her to steady herself.
    • In total there are 148 square metres of accommodation, while outside, the back garden is laid in patio and cobble.
    • If a traveler had been passing through, they would not have noticed that the cobbles in the square were uneven and had long since been denied attention.
    • ‘You came,’ she said as her friend pulled her suitcases out onto the cobbles.
    • Running her hand down along the side, she crouched in the shadows and reached to the bottom, where the stair met the well-worn cobbles.
    • Their claws clicked on the cobbles as they approached the corner.
    • Stepping out onto the cobbles in front of the steps, the men found themselves at the center of a loose circle of guardsman.
    • The cobbles were cool on my feet - I had not even put on sandals for fear of being heard creeping across the marble floor of my home.
    • I complete it by slowly walking down the steps on the other side of the bridge, and turn on the polished cobbles of the old street.
    • The noise of his feet on the cobbles woke the dogs of the town, who barked as if they meant to break their chains.
    • I collapse the antenna and walk back along the cobbles, thinking again of the man who overwintered in this area.
    • I drag myself over the grey cobbles to the door, my heart in my ears, my feet stumbling, the grey weather scowling at me.
    • In the middle of the roadway beneath the window, the Vizier's ivory rose lay pristine on the muddy cobbles.
    • Although his clothes were clean and cared-for, they were also clearly second-hand and shabby, and his long feet were bare on the cobbles of the street.
    • Among the items found were pieces of 12th century pottery, 12th or 14th century cobble and part of a hearth.
    • The drunkard still lay unconscious on the cobbles.
    • The white cobbles burnt the soles of her feet even through her tough slippers.
    • The window in the study shattered as a piece of cobble flew into to it.
    • The streets shifted with no apparent rhyme or reason from flagstone to cobbles to brick and back again.
    • His head pounded with each pace and his mouth felt dry and rough, like the dusty cobbles of the street.
    1. 1.1cobblesBritish Coal in lumps the size of cobblestones.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I found I could relate this cobble to the very last year that the mine was being mined.
      • Cobbles of coal may be seen in the water showing the location of outcropping seams.
      • You make the big decision to finish and then they keep moving the dates to make sure they get every last cobble of coal.

Origin

Late Middle English: from cob + -le.

cobble2

verbˈkɑbəlˈkäbəl
[with object]
  • 1cobble something togetherRoughly assemble or put together something from available parts or elements.

    把…草率地拼凑起来

    the mayor cobbled together a budget
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even if an agreement is cobbled together it will not please everyone.
    • In fact, he's doing fine, cobbling together an income by ‘teaching some skiing seminars, selling some photos, and doing some freelance designing.’
    • A light tubular chassis with an inline 8 cylinder engine was made by cobbling a couple of sports engines together.
    • He and the other dazed workers who converged on the center soon joined the priest in cobbling together an emergency response system.
    • With the help of various agents we managed to cobble something together.
    • Cobbling together good skills that can be applied to every situation will make you a force to be reckoned with at the table at all times.
    • That's not stopping companies from cobbling together technologies.
    • They're still cobbling together old solutions for single machines and trying to make them look new.
    • Most deals were cobbled together at the last minute.
    • The first thing I did was cobble together a working computer so they could get started on building a database for their finds.
    • A large number of scholars, writers and activists have been quietly cobbling together a clear, confident and credible set of policy alternatives.
    • In the past, we thought of joint operations as cobbling together a tactically - or even an operationally - effective force from various service components.
    • Anyway, hopefully between us we will be able to cobble something together.
    • Our first articles were cobbled together in record time.
    • Now, prototypes can be cobbled together in weeks from off-the-shelf components.
    • It's been done before, usually by cobbling together footage in a canny way.
    • Those first armies had been cobbled together and paid on a hand-to-mouth basis.
    • Plato had a particular reason for cobbling together the story.
    • We worked it out by cobbling together some of the instructions for the earlier versions and all went smoothly enough.
    • The best way to improve their economic prospects is not through the work-support programs that states are desperately cobbling together to help them cope.
    Synonyms
    prepare hastily, prepare roughly, make hastily, make roughly, put together hastily, put together roughly, scribble, improvise, devise, contrive, rig, rig up, patch together, jerry-build
  • 2dated Repair (shoes).

    〈旧〉修补(鞋子)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Modern economies rely on the division of labor, such that one needn't bake bread, smith tools and cobble shoes in a day's work.

Origin

Late 15th century: back-formation from cobbler.

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