| 单词 | crazy-pave |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrazy-pave 5. Used (after crazy quilt n. at Compounds 2) to denote a garden walk or pavement of irregular pieces of flat stone or tile, esp. in crazy paving; so (as a back-formation) crazy-pave v. trans., crazy-paved adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > walk alleyc1405 alurea1450 mount1591 vista1671 crazy paving1923 tapis vert1960 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [adjective] > of garden walk: irregularly paved crazy1923 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > paving > types of paved work pavementa1300 pavagec1376 paving1448 paithmentc1480 plainstones1611 pitching1693 pitchwork1758 pebble paving1819 pave1835 slabbing1893 concrete1911 crazy paving1923 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [adjective] > paved > in specific way pitched1611 herringbone1700 crazy1923 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [adjective] > provided with garden walks > specific surface greensward1633 crazy1923 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > in a garden or pleasure-ground > with specific surface gravel-walk1664 crazy paving1923 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > pave or build roads [verb (transitive)] > pave > pave in specific way pitch1550 crazy-pave1960 1923 Daily Mail 13 Jan. 11 Stone walks, either crazy or rectangular. 1923 Daily Mail 19 Feb. 6 Visitors will pass by old red brick and crazy paths to a sunk lawn. 1925 A. S. M. Hutchinson One Increasing Purpose iii. xvi Under the blue tile..of the crazy-paving just by the rain-water butt. 1927 H. C. Bailey Mr. Fortune, Please 173 Along the house was a terrace with crazy pavement in which saxifrage grew. 1927 H. C. Bailey Mr. Fortune, Please 223 Mrs. Pemberton's garden was a pleasant place of crazy paving and rock plants. 1952 E. R. Janes Flower Garden 36 Probably the best form of crazy paving is the broken paving stones obtainable in some towns when stone pavements are replaced by asphalt. 1960 News Chron. 22 Apr. 8/6 Jimmy Gold is..getting ready to crazy-pave his front garden. 1963 Times 25 Feb. 14/5 Almost every room in the house has exposed oak beam ceilings and there is a small crazy-paved garden. < as lemmas |
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