broken stones, etc. from a building or wall that has been destroyed or damaged 碎石;碎砖 Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsc2Police 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- building
- heap
- pile
- be reduced to
- clear
- clear away
- …
- amid the rubble
- among the rubble
- beneath the rubble
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French robe ‘spoils’; compare with rubbish.