| 释义 |
pave·ment
\ˈpāvmənt, in rapid speech sometimes -ābm-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pavimentum, from pavire to strike, stamp + -mentum -ment
1.
a. : a paved surface: as
(1) : the artificially covered surface of a public thoroughfare
< stopped his car just off the pavement >
(2) chiefly Britain : sidewalk
< there were crowds on the pavements and roads everywhere — G.W.Talbot >
(3) : a decorative interior floor of tiles or colored bricks
< the tessellated pavement of the hall — G.B.Shaw >
(4) : a factory floor paved with wood blocks, bricks, or concrete
b. : the material with which something is paved
< concrete makes excellent pavement >
2. : something that suggests a pavement (as in flatness, hardness, and extent of surface or in the formation and compact arrangement of its units)
< a pavement-toothed shark >
< pavement cells >
— see desert pavement |