单词 | tarmac |
释义 | Tarmacn. A kind of tar macadam consisting of iron slag impregnated with tar and creosote; also designating a surface made of tar macadam. Now frequently with lower-case initial. the tarmac (colloquial): the airfield or runway.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > runway the tarmac1903 runway1908 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [noun] > tar > tar-based compositions for roads macadam1826 mac1851 tarmacadam1882 tar-paving1883 Tarmac1903 Tarvia1912 tar1934 1903 Trades Mark Jrnl. 1 July Class 17. Tarmac. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 13 Dec. 4/2 Mr. Montagu suggested..the making of all roads..by the Tarmac process. 1905 Chambers's Jrnl. 14 Jan. 110/2 The road surveyor..appears to have almost solved the problem of finding a dustless, a rainproof, and a cheap material by the employment of an iron-slag mixed with tar. This material he calls tarmac. 1905 Times 1 Aug. 14/2 He suggests that the club..should entirely remake some..stretch of road near London with Tarmac. 1919 C. Roberts Training Airmen v. 37 An open, wind-swept place... A broad strip of tarmac on which various aeroplanes are receiving the solicitous attention... That is the sight which quickens the cadet's pulse. 1921 Flight 11 Aug. 544/2 Aerodrome improvements..are now being carried out on the tarmac. Work has been commenced on the laying of a tarmac road from the sheds to the Customs enclosure. 1931 Observer 10 May 5 The lanes that he once used to choose have now been straightened out into fine, noble tarmac highways. 1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway iv. 109 Samuelson met them on the tarmac. 1970 Drum (Johannesburg) Feb. (E. Afr. ed.) 31/3 One travels on tarmac the whole way to the Kenya border on some of the finest road surfaces on the continent. 1976 Sunday Tel. 28 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 57/2 A speed establishd with the car on dry Tarmac. 1979 J. Raban Arabia through Looking Glass iii. 67 People in gold-trimmed robes stepped off aeroplanes and were embraced by similarly robed officials who stood in waiting on the tarmac. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2021). tarmacv. To cover with tar macadam. Chiefly passive or as participial adjective, with spelling tarmac(c)ed, tarmacked. Hence Cf. tarmacadam vb. at tarmacadam n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [adjective] > paved > with specific material pebble-paved1597 flaggeda1661 pebble-paven1821 Macadamite1824 asphalted1845 cobbled1853 cobblestoned1858 causewayed1865 stoned1869 kidney-paved1889 cobbly1891 stone-flagged1904 tar-sealed1928 tarmacked1966 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > pave or build roads [verb (transitive)] > pave > pave with specific material causeya1552 flag1615 causeway1744 metal1806 blind1812 macadamize1823 slab1832 flint1834 pebble1835 asphalt1872 concrete1875 cube1887 cobble1888 block1891 wood-block1908 tarmacadam1910 tarviate1926 tarmac1966 1966 C. Wilson Glass Cage ii. 90 It was a row of small, semi-detached modern houses with front gardens, and the road had not yet been fully tarmacced. 1972 ‘R. Gordon’ Doctor on Brain xiv. 97 All that lies before me is a well-tarmacked dead straight motorway leading to the grave. 1974 New Society 14 Mar. 627/3 Ponds which are filled in and reclaimed by farmers, or tarmacked for car parking by the local pub. 1977 Belfast Tel. 28 Feb. 13/1 (advt.) Now's the time to have your driveways Bitmaced or Tarmaced. 1981 E. North Dames vii. 129 The tarmacked runway. Derivatives ˈtarmacing n. ΘΚΠ 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 1975 New Society 18 Dec. 663/3 The aesthetic and environmental objections to the tarmacing of 15 odd acres of land. Draft additions June 2022 intransitive. East African. To walk the streets looking for work; to seek employment, to job hunt. ΚΠ 1982 South Aug. 25/1 About 250,000 school leavers a year enter the job market and teachers point to the growing frustration of young people who are ‘tarmacking’—walking the streets in search of work. 2010 Nation (Nairobi) (Nexis) 22 Feb. Born the second child in a family of eight in 1950 in Ikolomani, Kakamega, he recalls having ‘tarmacked’ for sometime before he landed at Parliament. 2019 @wakagere 7 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 4 July 2019) It's sad for graduates to tarmac for this long, Magunas supermarket is opening a new branch in Utawala, you can try if you may be interested in supermarket jobs. Draft additions June 2022 tarmacking n. East African the action or process of walking the streets looking for work; job hunting. ΚΠ 1982 Afr. Stud. Curriculum Devel. & Eval. No. 67. 7 Many O-level drop-outs are doomed to ‘tarmacking’ and unskilled labour because they have certificates but no practical skills. 2019 @zumikenya 3 June in twitter.com (accessed 4 July 2019) Tarmacking can be tough! Who can estimate the number of job applications they've made? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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