单词 | gravel |
释义 | gravel (grævəl ) uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun] Gravel consists of very small stones. It is often used to make paths. ...a gravel path leading to the front door. Collocations: gravel garden Even a cluster of three plants works brilliantly in a border filled with perennials and roses or a sparsely planted gravel garden. Times, Sunday Times They are ideal in a rockery or a gravel garden pushing through a fine mulch. Times, Sunday Times Happiest in a sunny spot with dry soil, it will do just as well in a gravel garden or the nooks and crannies in walls. Times, Sunday Times As it clothes itself dome-like to the ground it would look good at the back of a gravel garden or pushing out over paving. Times, Sunday Times Plant in full sun, in free-draining soil or a dry, gravel garden. Times, Sunday Times Make sure you keep gravel parking areas clean of seedling grasses; they grow and set seed before you know it. Times, Sunday Times A large gravel parking area adjacent to the highway and a sign on the fence will indicate you've found the place. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It sits on a 2.65 acre lot, bordered by trees to break the wind, and has a gravel parking lot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Campsites contain picnic tables, grills and/or fire-rings, sun-shelters, and gravel parking pads. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was also a small gravel parking lot on the southern side of the station. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Line a gravel path or steps up to the house in them if you're giving a summer party. Times, Sunday Times In 150m, right through stone gateway; pass gate on right; at pair of stone gateposts, right on gravel path. Times, Sunday Times Suddenly, he found a pitch that resembled a gravel path - hard, abrasive and crumbling. The Sun If there's a light wind and little traffic, it's an easy 35 miles: mainly on tarmac with a short section of gravel path. Times, Sunday Times In the end, the lawn was replaced with 12in-high raised beds made out of oak sleepers that were filled with bought-in soil and surrounded by a permeable gravel path. Times,Sunday Times It had been left on the gravel pathway just a few inches from the pavement. The Sun The central sandy gravel pathway that carves through the planting beds still feels too wide, but the scaling should sort itself out as the plants bulk up. Times, Sunday Times It was still travelling at speed when it struck one of the fence posts square on and bounced back on to the gravel pathway at the back of the green. The Sun Again, there are elements such as a pool and gravel pathways which divide the lawn. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ten years ago, the families were strangers and the land was a farm and gravel quarry. Times, Sunday Times At about the same time, a hoard was unearthed close by in a gravel quarry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Before the 1960s there was some industry in the municipality, including a gravel quarry and a printing factory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The reserve comprises six lakes, restored from a former sand and gravel quarry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The area was developed from a former opencast mine and a sand and gravel quarry and was opened to the public in 1985. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Claudette roared across the dead land and rain lashed down into the fast-flowing river that ran alongside the gravel road. DESPERADOES (2001) The Saturn's tires rumbled down a gravel road lined with trees and ending in a circular driveway in front of a huge fieldstone mansion. THE VENDETTA DEFENCE (2001) He circled back across Chaco Wash and picked up the gravel road that leads northwestward toward Nageezi Trading Post. A THIEF OF TIME (1988) He came to a gate, opened it and went through on to a gravel road that ran at right angles to the tarred Sydney road. MURDER SONG (2004) It was a gravel surface and you'd be home with cut knees or whatever, but it was brilliant - some of the best times of my life. The Sun A loose gravel surface (topped up if necessary) always allows you to hoe more easily. Times, Sunday Times It has one runway designated 7/25 with a gravel surface measuring 2,782 by 60 feet (848 x 18 m). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1957, this stretch was improved to a gravel surface, and was given route's present name. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has one runway designated 18/36 with a gravel surface measuring 3,200 by 60 feet (975 x 18 m). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tarmac path, fine gravel track and stony trail with some road crossings. Times, Sunday Times The road became little more than a mud and gravel track as it rose towards 10,000 feet. Times, Sunday Times Then the road disintegrates to a gravel track. Times, Sunday Times We've been here since before there was a road, just a gravel track. Times, Sunday Times One of the finest mountain passes in the world, this gravel track zigzags some 27 kilometres through the lofty peaks. Times, Sunday Times It contains several paved and gravel trails for walking and biking. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Another 1.7 mi of packed gravel trails are on the west side of the river. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The feature roads and gravel trails, as well as single and double track. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As you drive through loose gravel, over tarmac and massive puddles, all affect your handling. The Sun Loose gravel and soft green grass provide contrast, while naturalistic planting lends seasonal colour. Times, Sunday Times The paths are coarse, loose gravel, into which plants can seed and which ask for no smart edging. Times, Sunday Times In the second, the pitch had been fertilised and covered with loose gravel. Times, Sunday Times A loose gravel surface (topped up if necessary) always allows you to hoe more easily. Times, Sunday Times Pea gravel goes on top of the pipes, then sand, heating cables and on top of this the growing medium. The Sun As an added benefit, a mulch of horticultural grit or pea gravel will prevent the base of each plant from becoming too wet and rotting. Times, Sunday Times Cover the surface, up to the base of each plant, with pea gravel to prevent drying out. Times, Sunday Times If you have tabletop arrangements of alpines and houseleeks, remove any dead stuff and find some fine, smooth pea gravel with which to top-dress the containers. Times, Sunday Times Thus, manufacturers urged bedding the pipes in sand or pea gravel to prevent rupture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 砂砾 Japanese: 砂利 |
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