| 单词 | to corduroy it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto corduroy it 1. transitive. To form (a road) by laying tree-trunks or split logs close together transversely with the rounded surface upwards; to cross (a swamp) with a road so made. So to corduroy it. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > pave or build roads [verb (transitive)] > make road with (split) logs corduroy1862 log1893 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > pave or build roads [verb (intransitive)] > make road > of split logs to corduroy it1862 1862 W. H. Russell in Times 8 Jan. 8/6 ‘Corduroying it’ up to an enemy is tedious work. 1862 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad IV. 357 The marshy places are corduroyed with small logs. 1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan II. 52 The ‘main road’..is roughly corduroyed by the roots of trees. 1894 C. H. W. Donaldson With Wilson in Matabeleland x. 226 Scarping away the banks there, and ‘corduroying’ with bush where the ground was soft and boggy. < as lemmas |
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