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be covered in rubble
表示被废墟覆盖。
The street was covered in rubble after the earthquake.
地震后街道上覆盖着碎砖。
瓦砾；碎石；碎砖
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瓦砾；碎石；碎砖
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
The street was covered in rubble after the earthquake.
地震后街道上覆盖着碎砖。
碎石；瓦砾
The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.
瓦砾
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
位于冲积层下的岩石碎片层或岩层,来源于邻近的岩石。
A mass or stratum of fragments of rock lying under the alluvium and derived from the neighbouring rock.
After the earthquake, rescue workers searched through the rubble for survivors.
地震后，救援人员在瓦砾中搜寻幸存者。
The old building was reduced to rubble by the demolition crew.
那座旧楼被拆迁队拆成了一片瓦砾。
They cleared the rubble from the road before traffic could pass again.
他们清除路上的碎石后，车辆才得以再次通行。
表示被废墟覆盖。
The street was covered in rubble after the earthquake.
地震后街道上覆盖着碎砖。
search through 表示在废墟中仔细搜索。
Rescuers searched through the rubble for survivors.
救援人员在废墟中搜寻幸存者。
pile of 表示一堆废墟。
Workers cleared a pile of rubble from the road.
工人们清除了路上的一堆碎砖。
Not this
There are many rubbles on the construction site.
Use this
There is a lot of rubble on the construction site.
“rubble”是不可数名词，不能加复数-s，也不应用“many”修饰；应改用“a lot of”或“much”来表达数量。
Not this
Please throw this rubble in the trash can.
Use this
Please throw this rubbish in the trash can.
“rubble”指建筑物倒塌后的碎石瓦砾，而“rubbish”指垃圾废物；此处上下文是清理垃圾，应用“rubbish”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
碎石堆
The earthquake left a huge rubble pile in the city center.
地震在市中心留下了一个巨大的碎石堆。
清理瓦砾
Workers are clearing rubble from the collapsed building.
工人们正在清理倒塌建筑的瓦砾。
变成废墟
The bombing reduced the entire neighborhood to rubble.
轰炸使整个街区变成了废墟。
瓦砾堆
Children were playing on a pile of rubble near the construction site.
孩子们正在建筑工地附近的瓦砾堆上玩耍。
瓦砾和碎片
The street was covered with rubble and debris after the explosion.
爆炸后街道上布满了瓦砾和碎片。
夷为平地
The earthquake reduced the city to rubble.
地震将这座城市夷为平地。
变成瓦砾
The bombing turned the whole block to rubble.
轰炸把整个街区变成瓦砾。
沦为废墟
After the war, the town lay in rubble.
战后，小镇沦为废墟。
小砾，快！
In the cartoon 'Paw Patrol', the construction puppy Rubble uses this catchphrase when called to action.
在动画片《汪汪队立大功》中，建筑小狗小砾在被召唤时会喊出这句口号。
Use rubble naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象废墟（ruin）中的碎石（pebble），就是rubble（瓦砾）。
语域：neutral 常见场景：construction、disaster recovery、archaeology 通常用于描述建筑或结构破坏后的残留物，在新闻报道、工程描述和考古学中都比较常见，没有明显的正式或非正式倾向。
usually uncountable
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