waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings
(尤指拆除建筑物时的)瓦砾;碎石;碎砖
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two buildings collapsed, trapping scores of people in the rubble .两幢建筑物倒塌了,许多人被困在瓦砾中。
pieces of rough or undressed stone used in building walls, especially as filling for cavities
毛石,粗石。
"late Middle English: perhaps from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French