transitive. To reduce (the line of a road, railway, or canal) to levels or practicable gradients.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > pave or build roads [verb (transitive)] > level or grade (4) grade1835 transitive. To reduce (the line of a road, railway, or canal) to levels or practicable gradients. pike1871 transitive. To grade or resurface (a road); to provide with a crown (crown, n. 26c). Occasionally intransitive or with up. Now rare. steamroll1900 transitive, (a) to crush or level with a steamroller; (b) figurative; (also) to force or drive in a given direction (cf. steamroller, v. 2). Subcategories:— again (1) |
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