Sometimes they threw bits of food, and got scant thanks; sometimes a mischievous pebble, and got a shower of stones and abuse.

有时，他们给他扔点儿食物，但却很少得感谢；有时，他们恶作剧地向他扔块鹅卵石，他就还之以无数石块，且破口大骂。

It wriggled, in the middle, a small hole appeared. It grew wider and wider, a second later they were facing an archway large enough even for Hagrid, an archway onto a cobbled street which twisted and turned out of sight.

开始移动，中间的地方出现一个小洞，洞口越变越大，不多时他们面前就出现了一条足以让海格通过的宽阔的拱道，通向一条蜿蜒曲折、看不见尽头的鹅卵石铺砌的街道。

Well, it looked bored, and tossed a pebble.

它看起来很无聊，朝地面扔了一块鹅卵石。

You see cobbles and rocks and boulders.

看鹅卵石、岩石和巨石。

O'er the wynds and the steps and the cobbles, he rode to a woman's sigh.

马踏过鹅卵石阶小巷，带他姑娘的身旁。

It was perfectly still and presently the moon grew bright; if you had been there you would have seen the moonlight shining on an old tree-stump and on a fairsized boulder.

山谷里一片寂静，不久月光更明亮了，如果在场，就会看月亮照在一截老树桩和一块不大不小的鹅卵石上。

Give your feet a break from the cobblestones, and sink your toes into the pebbles and sand of Banje Beach.

不妨让双腿离开鹅卵石大街，并让脚趾插进班捷海滩的鹅卵石和细沙之中。

They were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of underground harbor, where they clambered out onto rocks and pebbles.

他们沿着一条漆黑的隧道似乎来了城堡地下，达了一个类似地下码头的地方，然又攀上一片碎石和小鹅卵石的地面。

Then, one by one, he picked up more pebbles and dropped them into the pitcher.

然，一块接着一块，他捡了更多的鹅卵石扔进水罐里。

Children would try to catch small objects like pebbles on the backs of their hands.

孩子们会试着抓住手背上的小东西，比如鹅卵石。

The city is full of beautiful cobblestone streets.

这座城市都是漂亮的鹅卵石街道。

Some take you to pebbled beaches or quiet lakes surrounded by forest.

一些小径将带去鹅卵石海滩或被森林环绕的宁静湖泊。

I made my pebble its own puddle to live in.

我给鹅卵石做了一个属于它自己的水坑。

At a casual glance, they might look like regular pebbles.

乍一看，它们可能看起来像普通的鹅卵石。

Some streets in Washington, DC still have the cobblestones from over a hundred years ago.

华盛顿特区的一些街道仍然保留着一百多年前的鹅卵石。

Then they started to follow the pebbles shining in the moonlight and walk towards home.

然，他们开始沿着月光下闪闪发光的鹅卵石往家走。

There, the shingle rattled down the rocks, and she hesitated not to follow.

鹅卵石和岩石碰撞发出响声，她没有犹豫就跟着跳下去。

The rounded edges, cool glass, smooth and unknowable as a pebble.Instead of digging through pieces of paper and peering into corners, we move our fingers left and right.

圆形的边缘，冰冷的玻璃，光滑而不可知的鹅卵石。我们不是在纸上挖掘，也不是盯着角落，而是左右移动手指。

The poet Ivan Franko likely walked this old cobblestone street.

诗人伊万·弗兰科很可能走过这条鹅卵石老街。

For Halloween, we can dress him as a cobblestone.

万圣节时还能他把打扮成一颗鹅卵石。