cobble: Cobble as in cobblestone [15] and cobble ‘mend’ [15] are two distinct words. The former was derived from cob ‘rounded lump’, with the diminutive suffix -le. The earliest evidence of it is in the compound cobblestone, and it is not recorded on its own until about 1600. The verb cobble is a back-formation from cobbler ‘shoemaker’ [14], of unknown origin. The derivative cobblers ‘nonsense’ [20] is short for cobbler’s awls, rhyming slang for ‘balls’. => cob
cobble (n.)
"paving stone; worn, rounded stone," c. 1600, earlier cobblestone, probably a diminutive of cob in some sense. The verb in this sense is from 1690s. Related: Cobbled; cobbling.
cobble (v.)
"to mend clumsily," late 15c., perhaps a back-formation from cobbler (n.1), or from cob, via a notion of lumps. Related: Cobbled; cobbling.
实用例句
1. You can cobble it together from any old combination of garments.
把以前的衣服随便搭配一下就能拼凑出一套。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The warm stones strewed their flakes upon the cobble.
鹅卵石路上撒满温热的石头碎片.
来自辞典例句
3. The cart clattered over the cobble - stones.
马车御嗒御嗒响着经过大卵石路.
来自辞典例句
4. Enjoy the narrow cobble stone streets and quant atmosphere.
