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

• People may be trapped in the rubble.
  人们很可能被困在碎石中。
• 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。
• In Dujiangyan, the largest city in the quake zone, the rubble and tent cities had disappeared.
  在都江堰，灾区最大的城市，废墟和震后搭建的帐篷区都不见了。
• Search and rescue of survivors trapped underneath rubble;
  搜寻和抢救被困在废墟下的幸存者；
• Rescue workers are digging through the rubble in search of other victims
  救援人员正在废墟中挖掘，以搜寻其他受害者。
• 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。
• I moved away from the shack and picked my way among the rubble.
  我离开木屋，小心地走在瓦砾间。
• You can see all the rubble around me here.
  你可以看到我周围全是瓦砾。
• 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。