【boulder】 - A-level备考词汇

boulder

UK:  ['bəʊldə(r)]

US:  ['boʊldər]

复数：boulders  

un.

1.波尔德(美国内华达州与亚利桑那州间一水坝名,亦作Hoover Dam)

n.

1.顽石,岩石;〔地〕巨砾,漂砾

2.大卵石底质

3.大的鹅卵石

4.拳石

5.大圆大石

6.〔矿〕大块

7.块球体

8.玉

9.圆拳

10.圆石,卵石;【地质学;地理学】冰砾,巨砾;漂砾

1 . The trouble about all this, dammit, if he fell off a boulder and broke his leg there'd be no one to help him.
关于这一切真是麻烦，该死的，如果他从岩石掉下跌断了腿，那里将无人救他。

2 . In ancient times, a king and a boulder placed on a roadway . Then he did himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock.
古时候，有一位国王命人将一块大古头放在路中间。然后他藏了起来，暗中观察是否有人会将巨石移走。

3 . Boulder lived up to its reputation as a foodie town, ordering the most in Amazon's Cooking, Food & Wine category.
博尔德市没有辜负她美食城的美誉，在亚马逊订购了最多的烹饪、饮食和酒水类的书籍；

4 . When a stone falls into a pond, the ripples persist for a while. The credit crunch was a whopping great boulder.
当一颗石子落入池塘后，荡起的涟漪尚且会持续一段时间。何况信用紧缩（却）是巨如磐石。

5 . At the same moment the convict screamed out a curse at us and hurled a rock which splintered up against the boulder which had sheltered us.
正在这时，那罪犯尖声痛骂了我们一句，便打过来一块石头，那石头在遮住我们的大石上碰得粉碎。