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 .
     ***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

• Firemen were still clearing rubble from apartments damaged at the scene of the attack.
  消防队员仍在从袭击现场遭到毁坏的公寓里往外清理瓦砾。
• You can see all the rubble around me here.
  你可以看到我周围全是瓦砾。
• All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble
  城里所有的建筑都成了废墟。
• Michael pointed out to me that amongst the rubble, there was one building that remained untouched
  迈克尔指给我看说，瓦砾中有一栋建筑完好无损。
• Search and rescue of survivors trapped underneath rubble;
  搜寻和抢救被困在废墟下的幸存者；
• Just two houses remain above the mud and rubble.
  那里的一片污泥和瓦砾之上，只有两座房子仍站立着。
• The roof collapsed in a roar of rock and rubble
  屋顶轰隆一声塌了下来，碎石瓦砾落了一地。
• 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。
• 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。
• Or you can crawl from the rubble and slowly rebuild.
  或者你可以从碎石堆中走出，开始重建。