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gravel/ˈɡræv(ə)l/ n. & v.●n. 1a a mixture of coarse sand and small water-worn or pounded stones, used for paths and roads and as an aggregate 砂砾；砾石(作为一种粒料) b Geol. a stratum of this 【地质】砂砾层 2 Med. aggregations of crystals formed in the urinary tract 【医】尿砂 ●v. tr. (gravelled, gravelling; US [美] graveled, graveling) 1 lay or strew with gravel 铺石子；用砂砾铺筑 2 perplex, puzzle, nonplus (from an obsolete sense ‘run (a ship) aground’) 使困惑；使为难；使气恼(源于废语释义“(船)搁浅”) □ gravel-blind literary almost completely blind (from obsolete ‘more than sand-blind’, in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice II. ii. 33) [文学用语]几乎完全失明的(源于莎士比亚“威尼斯商人” II. ii. 33 中“比半瞎还瞎”)[Middle English from Old French gravel(e), diminutive of grave (as GRAVE4)] |