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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
gravel
rock fragments and pebbles (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
crushed rock
• Derivationally related forms:
gravelly
• Hypernyms:
rock, stone
• Hyponyms:
ballast, bank gravel, pit-run gravel, pit run, shingle
1. be a mystery or bewildering to
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
• Syn:
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle,
mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox,
stupefy, nonplus, amaze, dumbfound
• See Also:
puzzle over (for: puzzle), puzzle out (for: puzzle)
• Derivationally related forms:
stupefaction (for: stupefy), bewilderment (for: bewilder), poser (for: pose), bafflement (for: baffle), mystification (for: mystify), mystifier (for: mystify), mystery (for: mystify), puzzle (for: puzzle), puzzlement (for: puzzle), puzzler (for: puzzle)
• Hypernyms:
confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle,
bedevil, confound, discombobulate
• Hyponyms:
stump, mix up, riddle, elude, escape
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
2. cause annoyance in;
disturb, especially by minor irritations
- Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
- It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
• Syn:
annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at,
get at, rile, nark, nettle, vex,
chafe, devil
• Derivationally related forms:
devilment (for: devil), deviltry (for: devil), devilry (for: devil), vexation (for: vex), vexer (for: vex), irritation (for: irritate), irritant (for: irritate), botheration (for: bother), bother (for: bother), annoyer (for: annoy), annoyance (for: annoy)
• Hypernyms:
displease
• Hyponyms:
get, get under one's skin, eat into, fret, rankle,
grate, peeve, ruffle, harass, hassle, harry,
chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague,
molest, provoke, antagonize, antagonise
• Verb Group:
chafe
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to gravel Sue
3. cover with gravel
- We gravelled the driveway
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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