| 单词 | pavement |
| 释义 | pavement (once / 474 pages) n Pavement is a hard surface that's covered in concrete or asphalt, like a road or a driveway. If you wipe out on your bike and land on the pavement, you may end up with skinned knees or scraped elbows. When pavement is newly surfaced or patched, it's smooth and even — but after a long, cold winter pavement is often full of potholes and cracks. In the US, pavement most often refers to a road or street, but it can also mean any paved surface, like a sidewalk or paved area in a park. The word has a Latin root, pavimentum, "level surface that's been beaten firm." WORD FAMILYpavement: pavements+/pave: pavage, paved, pavement, paves, paving/paved: unpaved/paving: pavings USAGE EXAMPLESThat means more rain gardens, stormwater vaults and permeable pavement for all new development in the county. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) When he was 4, he would scoop up pavement ants in front of his house and keep them in jars. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) The pavement outside our front door was packed with screaming, dancing revellers. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) 1n the paved surface of a thoroughfare Syn|Hypo|Hyper paving curbside the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb paved surface a level horizontal surface covered with paving material 2n material used to pave an area Syn|Hypo|Hyper paving, paving material asphalt mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing concretea strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water blacktop, blacktoppinga black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock macadambroken stone used in macadamized roadways tarmac, tarmacadama paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving cementconcrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement ferroconcrete, reinforced concreteconcrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses artefact, artifact a man-made object taken as a whole 3n walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway Syn|Hyper sidewalk paseo, walk, walkway a path set aside for walking |
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