pebble

小石

小さな石。水の流れで表面が滑らかに丸くなっていることが多い。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： small stone

よく使う表現： smooth pebble, pebble beach, pick a pebble

水晶

透明で無色の天然の石英。レンズ作りに使われることもある。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： rock crystal

よく使う表現： brazilian pebble, pebble lenses

氷面に水滴をまく

カーリングの氷に細かい水滴をまき、凍らせて小さな突起を作る。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： pebble the ice, pebble a rink