| 单词 | pave |
| 释义 | pave (once / 204 pages) 1v 2n To pave is to coat or cover with a very hard material, like concrete, asphalt, or stone. It's easier to shovel snow from your driveway after you pave it. When road crews pour hot asphalt on the street, they pave it, and when the city creates new sidewalks in your town, they may pave them with bricks or concrete. The colloquial expression "to pave the way for" means to set up a situation that allows something to happen more easily — for example, if your parents read you books from the time you were very small, they helped pave the way for you to love reading. WORD FAMILYpave: pavage, paved, pavement, paves, paving+/paved: unpaved/pavement: pavements/paving: pavings USAGE EXAMPLESTrump’s road to the White House was paved with his victory in Wisconsin, the first for a Republican presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan in 1984. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) By abstaining on the settlement resolution, the United States paved the way for its approval. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) The order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt paved the way for deportation of Japanese Americans to internment camps. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 v cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic 2pave the roads in the village Hypo|Hyper cobble, cobblestone pave with cobblestones hard surfacecover with asphalt or a similar surface causewaypave a road with cobblestones or pebbles asphaltcover with tar or asphalt coat, surface put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface n a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows Hyper mount, setting a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place |
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