gravel a road
collocation用砾石铺路
They decided to gravel the road before the rainy season.
他们决定在雨季之前用砾石铺路。
铺砾石；用砾石铺
gravelled — past of gravel
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铺砾石；用砾石铺
To cover or spread with gravel
His constant humming gravels me during work.
他不停地哼歌打扰我工作。
在道路等的表面铺设一层砾石。
To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.
使困惑或烦恼。
To puzzle or annoy.
使烦恼；打扰,尤指以小事烦扰
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
(使船)搁浅在砾石或海滩上；使搁浅在砾石或沙中。
To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to (cause to) be grounded in gravel or sand.
gravel
Base
原形
gravels
3rd person
第三人称单数
gravelling
-ing
现在分词
gravelled
Past
过去式
gravelled
Past participle
过去分词
He often gravelled the driveway with fresh stones.
他经常用新石子铺设车道。
The noisy children gravelled the old man yesterday.
吵闹的孩子们昨天惹恼了那位老人。
They are gravelling the path right now.
他们现在正在用石子铺设小路。
动词gravel的规则变化，注意英式拼写双写l。
They gravelled the garden path last weekend.
他们上周末用砾石铺了花园小径。
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The driveway was gravelled to prevent mud.
车道上铺了砾石以防泥泞。
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We gravelled the driveway
我们给车道铺上了碎石。
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用砾石铺路
They decided to gravel the road before the rainy season.
他们决定在雨季之前用砾石铺路。
被……难住；对……感到困惑
She was gravelled by the tricky question.
她被这个棘手的问题难住了。
某事使某人烦恼；某事让某人恼火
It gravels me when people arrive late without calling.
人们迟到也不打电话，这让我很恼火。
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把 gravel 想成碎石路：脚踩砾石又硌又烦，所以动词有‘铺砾石’和‘使烦恼’的意思。
语域：mixed 常见场景：道路施工、路面维护、文学或书面表达、航海/船舶 gravel 作动词时，常见义项“铺砾石”多用于道路施工或地面维护；表示“使烦恼”的用法较正式，常见于文学或书面语；表示“（使船）搁浅”则用于航海语境。日常口语中不常使用。
通常用作及物动词，后接受事宾语。
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