cobble
(also `cobble-stone) n rounded stone formerly used for covering the surfaces of roads, etc (旧时用於铺路面等的)圆石, 鹅卵石
The cart clattered over the cobble-stones. 马车哒哒地驶过石子路. cobble, v [Tn usu passive 通常用於被动语态]
cover the surface of (a road) with cobbles 用圆石铺(路)面
cobbled streets 用圆石铺的街道.
cobble v
1 [Tn] repair (shoes) 修补(鞋).
2 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (together) put sth together or make sth hastily or clumsily 胡乱拼凑; 粗制滥造
The student cobbled together an essay in half an hour. 这个学生用半小时草草拼凑了一篇文章.
is as the proportion of the total vocabulary of his mother tongue against those words of his own baby talk that are taken up into the vernacular of his family.