| 单词 | road scraping |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroad scraping road scraping n. (a) concrete (frequently in plural) material removed from the road after scraping, cleaning, or mending, esp. manure used as fertilizer (now rare); (b) the action or process of scraping the surface of a road (frequently attributive). Π 1789 J. Abercrombie Compl. Kitchen Gardener 328 A walk..either of gravel, road scrapings, sand, or coal ashes, or occasionally of grass. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon ix. 237 About two..horse-loads of road scrapings, or way soil. 1839 W. Hickey Cycl. Pract. Husb. 269 Road Scraping Machine, very useful on public roads. 1931 A. D. Hall Soil (ed. 4) ix. 334 Road scrapings, town refuse, and even coal ashes help to lighten the soil. 1999 Independent (Nexis) 8 Jan. 17 Fearful that even occasional road-scraping would destroy the fragile economy of the ramshackle farm. 2002 Star (Sheffield) (Nexis) 14 Oct. Claiming to have some spare road scrapings and tarmacadam which they are offering for free. < as lemmas |
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