Paving
['peɪvɪŋ] or ['pevɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of applying paving materials to an area.
(noun.) material used to pave an area.
編輯:桑德拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pave
(n.) The act or process of laying a pavement, or covering some place with a pavement.
(n.) A pavement.
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例句/造句/用法:
- He becomes proprietor of this portion of the mine, and can work it without paving any acknowledgment to the landlord. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Railroad ties and street paving blocks are ordinarily protected by oil rather than paint. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- He filled the canteens and some of the wine ran out on the stone paving of the courtyard. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- After some time I drew a bill for paving the city and brought it into the Assembly. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- They had not been graded, but the paving had been done on the natural surface. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Justly thought; rightly said, Miss Eyre; and, at this moment, I am paving hell with energy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I tell you, said Jerry, that you buried paving-stones and earth in that there coffin. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- It ended at the paving of asphalt which led up to the gates of the Mapleton stables. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- But they will build no more barricades, they will break no more soldiers' heads with paving-stones. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- People like you, ma'am, accustomed from infancy to lie on Down feathers, have no idea _how_ hard a paving-stone is, without trying it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
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