a loose aggregation of small water-worn or pounded stones
砾石。
a mixture of such stones with coarse sand, used for paths and roads and as an aggregate
(用于铺路及用作三合土的)砂砾。
a stratum or deposit of such stones
砂砾层。
【医】 尿砂。
cover (an area of ground) with gravel
用砂砾铺(地)。
〈美, 非正式〉 使气恼,搅扰
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the strike was badly organized and it gravelled him to involve himself in it .这次罢工组织不力,他为自己参与其中而感到懊恼。
〈古〉 使困惑。
"Middle English: from Old French, diminutive of