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

• 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。
• 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。
• Search and rescue of survivors trapped underneath rubble;
  搜寻和抢救被困在废墟下的幸存者；
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.
  战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。
• 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。
• You can see all the rubble around me here.
  你可以看到我周围全是瓦砾。
• People may be trapped in the rubble.
  人们很可能被困在碎石中。
• 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。
• Rescue teams recovered more bodies from the rubble.
  救援队从瓦砾中挖出了更多尸体。
• The roof dropped in on us The ceiling collapsed and rubble poured into the room.
  屋顶坍落在我们身上。天花板坍塌了，碎砖破瓦掉落到了屋里。