| 单词 | road metal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroad metal road metal n. broken stone used in making roads. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > for making roads rigging stone1599 metal1782 road metal1805 roadstone1805 metalling1819 road metalling1826 hardcore1842 1805 W. Aiton Treat. Moss-earth 156 The weight of the road-metal, and pressure of carriages, must have sunk and consolidated the moss-earth considerably. 1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. ix. 155 The Sarsen stone is unsurpassed for road metal. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 21 May 2/1 Broken granite, basalt, or other hard road-metal,..held..together by smaller particles..pressed in between the larger pieces under the weight of the roller. 2003 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 12 Mar. 62 Alpine plants are best mulched with small stones or road metal. < as lemmas |
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