broken stones, etc. from a building or wall that has been destroyed or damaged碎石；碎砖- The bomb reduced the houses to rubble.炸弹把那片房子炸成了瓦砾。🔊🔊
- There were piles of rubble everywhere.到处都是一堆堆的瓦砾。
Extra Examples- Police sifted through the rubble looking for clues.警察在瓦砾中仔细寻找线索。
- Rescue workers are searching the rubble for survivors.救援人员正在瓦砾中搜寻幸存者。
- Several people were trapped in the rubble.有几个人被困在瓦砾中。
- She stood among the rubble left by the earthquake.她站在地震留下的碎石乱瓦间。
- What was once a cottage was now a crumbling heap of rubble.以前的村庄现在成了一堆破砖碎瓦。
Topics Buildingsc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective… of rubbleverb + rubble- be reduced to
- clear
- clear away
- …
preposition- amid the rubble
- among the rubble
- beneath the rubble
- …
See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French robe ‘spoils’; compare with rubbish.