单词 | cobble |
释义 | cobble1/ˈkɒb(ə)l![]() noun 1A small round stone used to cover road surfaces: the sound of horses' hooves on the cobbles...
1.1 (cobbles) British Small round lumps of coal.You make the big decision to finish and then they keep moving the dates to make sure they get every last cobble of coal....
OriginLate Middle English: from cob1 + -le2. Rhymescobble2/ˈkɒb(ə)l![]() verb [with object] 1 (cobble something together) Roughly assemble or produce something from available parts or elements: the film was imperfectly cobbled together from two separate stories...
Synonyms prepare roughly/hastily, make roughly/hastily, put together roughly/hastily, scribble, improvise, devise, contrive, rig (up), patch together, jerry-build informal throw together, whip up, fix, rustle up British informal knock up 2 dated Repair (shoes): it had a tarnished brass knocker showing a pixie cobbling shoes...
OriginLate 15th century: back-formation from cobbler. |
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