Pave
[peɪv] or [pev]
解释:
(noun.) a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows.
(verb.) cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic; 'pave the roads in the village'.
录入:凯思琳--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The pavement.
(v. t.) To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court.
(v. t.) Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the way for an enterprise.
编辑:米兰达
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Prepare, facilitate, smooth, expedite, adapt, fit, mature, arrange, dispose,qualify
ANT:Obstruct, indispose, disqualify
手打:兰斯洛特
解释:
v.t. to lay down stone &c. to form a level surface for walking on: to prepare as a way or passage: to make easy and smooth in any way.—ns. Pā′vage Pā′viage money paid towards paving streets.—adj. Pāved—also Pā′ven.—ns. Pave′ment a paved road floor or side-walk or that with which it is paved; Pā′ver Pā′vier Pā′vior Pā′viour one who lays pavements; Pā′ving the act of laying pavement: pavement.—adj. employed or spent for paving.—Pave the way to prepare the way for.
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例句:
- Beneath a splendid dome were men of all nations, moving to and fro, over the marble pave. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- He could pave the way, he said, in half an hour, and then they would go down to Brentford. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- These considerations pave the way for our second conclusion. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- This must pave the way for a like principle with regard to the mind, that we have no notion of it, distinct from the particular perceptions. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- I left her, and set forth to pave the way for discovery--the dark and doubtful way, which began at the lawyer's door. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It comes this way--comes very faSt. How loud sounds its rattle on the paved path! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- The streets were narrow, and had probably been paved before Cortez visited the country. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The bridges are of a single span--a single arch--of cut stone, without a support, and paved on top with flags of lava and ornamental pebblework. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The neighbouring streets being narrow and ill-paved, it is a little inconvenient to walk there two abreast and arm in arm. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- It was paved and clean, but grass was growing in every crevice. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- I followed this man along a rudely-paved street, lit now by a fitful gleam of moonlight; he brought me to the inn. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- As we wandered thoughtfully down the marble-paved length of this stately temple, the scene about us was strangely impressive. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- He becomes proprietor of this portion of the mine, and can work it without paving any acknowledgment to the landlord. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Railroad ties and street paving blocks are ordinarily protected by oil rather than paint. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- He filled the canteens and some of the wine ran out on the stone paving of the courtyard. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- After some time I drew a bill for paving the city and brought it into the Assembly. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- They had not been graded, but the paving had been done on the natural surface. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Justly thought; rightly said, Miss Eyre; and, at this moment, I am paving hell with energy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- I tell you, said Jerry, that you buried paving-stones and earth in that there coffin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- And this ingenious Napoleon paves the streets of his great cities with a smooth, compact composition of asphaltum and sand. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
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