boulder

• n. 卵石，大圆石；巨砾

词态变化

中文词源

词源同ball, 膨胀的，球。插入字母d.

英文词源

boulder

boulder: [13] Boulder is an abbreviated form of the original compound noun boulder-stone, which was a partial translation of a Scandinavian word which survives in Swedish dialect bullersten ‘large stone in a stream’. Sten is ‘stone’, of course, and buller is usually identified with Swedish buller ‘rumbling noise’, on the basis presumably of the sound of a stream gurgling over rocks. Boulder first appears on its own, outside the compound boulder-stone, in the 17th century.

boulder (n.)

1670s, variant of Middle English bulder (c. 1300), from a Scandinavian source akin to Swedish dialectal bullersten "noisy stone" (large stone in a stream, causing water to roar around it), from bullra "to roar" + sten "stone." Or the first element might be from *buller- "round object," from Proto-Germanic *bul-, from PIE *bhel- (2) "to inflate, swell" (see bole).

双语例句

1. I saw her push the boulder down on you.

我看见她将巨石推下砸向你。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The boulder sheltered them from the chilling wind.

那块大石头替他们挡住了寒风。

来自柯林斯例句

3. A flowing stream inarms a boulder in its passing.

流水围绕大石流过去.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. We all heaved together and removed the boulder.

大家一齐用劲,把大石头搬开了.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. He took my hand to help me over a boulder that blocked the way.

他牵着我的手带我爬过那块挡道的卵石.

来自《简明英汉词典》