pebble

ciottolo, sassolino

Piccola pietra, spesso resa liscia e arrotondata dal movimento dell’acqua.

In inglese semplice: A small stone, often made smooth and round by moving water.

• I found a smooth pebble.
• She threw pebbles into the river.
• The beach was covered with gray pebbles.

Sinonimi: small stone

Espressioni comuni: smooth pebble, pebble beach, pick a pebble

cristallo di rocca

Quarzo naturale trasparente e incolore, talvolta usato per fabbricare lenti.

In inglese semplice: Clear, colorless natural quartz, sometimes used to make lenses.

• The lens was made from pebble.
• Brazilian pebble was once used for spectacles.
• These pebble lenses are made of natural quartz.

Sinonimi: rock crystal

Espressioni comuni: brazilian pebble, pebble lenses

spruzzare il ghiaccio

Spruzzare minuscole gocce d’acqua sul ghiaccio da curling perché congelino formando piccole protuberanze.

In inglese semplice: To sprinkle tiny drops of water on curling ice so they freeze into small bumps.

• They pebble the ice before each game.
• The worker pebbled the rink with water.
• We need to pebble this surface again.

Espressioni comuni: pebble the ice, pebble a rink