【cobble】 - A-level备考词汇

cobble

UK:  ['kɒb(ə)l]

US:  ['kɑb(ə)l]

复数：cobbles  过去分词：cobbled  现在分词：cobbling  

v.

1.在…铺鹅卵石

2.修补(鞋)

3.马虎地修补

4.粗制滥造

n.

1.粗砾大卵石

2.卵石级煤

3.卵石路;圆煤块

4.中块煤

5.半轧废品

6.〔俚语〕粗制滥造的物品

7.(苏格兰的)一种平底渔船

8.(英国东北部的)一种小渔船

9.鹅卵石;【地质学;地理学】中砾

1 . The Iraqi military and police forces the U. S. is trying to cobble together will mostly prove unreliable, unwarlike and treacherous.
伊拉克人军队和警察强迫美国正在试着一起铺鹅卵石将会大概不可靠的，不战争的和叛逆的。

2 . But the Congress Party is taking no chances, and is busy trying to cobble together parliamentary support to ensure its survival.
不过，国大党没有心存侥幸，他们为了确保胜利正忙于在议会活动，努力获得议员们的支持。

3 . For cobble stone made foundation, a transition layer is built to avoid infiltration. The surface has a protecting layer.
填筑铺盖前必须清基，在砂卵石地基上应设置过渡层，以防渗透破坏，顶面应设保护层。

4 . To cobble together a synthetic biome, the half-dozen Bio2 ecologists sat down at a table together and played this ultimate jigsaw puzzle.
为了要拼凑起一个合成生态区，六七个生态学家一起坐下来玩这个终极拼图游戏。

5 . We love the "highly effective" makeshift silencers which movie characters cobble together on the spur of the moment.
我们喜爱影片角色临时抓过来应急代替消声器的“非常管用的”东西。