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单词 asphalting
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asphaltingn.

Brit. /ˈasfɔːltɪŋ/, /ˈaʃfɔːltɪŋ/, /ˈasfəltɪŋ/, /ˈaʃfəltɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈæsˌfɑltɪŋ/, /ˈæsˌfɔltɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: asphalt n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < asphalt n. + -ing suffix1. Compare later asphalt v.
1. The action or process of surfacing (a road, path, etc.) with a layer of asphalt.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > paving > with specific material
gravelling1577
causeying1596
flagging1656
pitching1702
ruderation1730
macadamization1822
macadamizing1824
asphalting1840
blinding1843
causewaying1876
bouldering1880
metalling1885
blacktopping1947
tarmacing1975
1840 Essex Standard 6 Mar. Nothing remains to prevent the rapid completion of the asphalting and ballasting preparatory to laying the permanent rails over the viaduct.
1885 E. S. Farrow in Cent. Dict. (1889) (at cited word) In Paris..asphalting is still extensively practiced in the more spacious thoroughfares.
1899 Daily News 23 May 3/1 The asphalting of the floor in the north end of the nave [of the Crystal Palace], so that people might smoke there.
1913 Munic. Jrnl. Dec. 798/2 With the completion of the asphalting of Walnut Street, from Twelfth to Seventeenth, about four miles of asphalted streets were added.
1996 Observer (Nexis) 10 Nov. (Business section) 2 Environmentalists are claiming victory in their long-running campaign against the asphalting of the British countryside.
2006 S. Emmitt & C. Gorse Barry's Adv. Constr. Buildings (2010) iii. 146 Asphalting is a comparatively expensive labour-intensive operation and..asphalt..will readily crack.
2. = asphalt n. 2.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [noun] > bitumen-based compositions
asphalt1847
asphalting1854
cutback1936
Orimulsion1987
1854 Manch. Examiner & Times 30 Dec. 11/4 (advt.) Orders for naphtha, black varnish, or asphalting, addressed to John Medcalf, chemist..will be promptly attended to.
1877 Encycl. Chem. 361/1 Fig. 2 shows the manner in which ordinary asphalting is laid down.
1899 J. K. Bangs Enchanted Type-writer vii. 106 The asphalting was taken up and a Nicholson wood pavement was put down.
1912 Building News 8 Mar. 361/2 The very probable cause of the trouble is defective asphalting laid at too early a date on the top of concrete which has not properly hardened.
1991 D. Pollock Duel of Assassins xxxv. 282 The Yamaha's suspension soaked up some of the minor jolts, but some stretches—where the asphalting wore thin..—nearly bounced Taras out of the saddle.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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