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单词 paves
释义

pave /pāv/

transitive verb
  1. To cover with slabs or other close-set pieces, so as to form a level surface for walking on
  2. To cover with anything close-set
  3. To be such a covering for
noun (US)

Pavement

ORIGIN: Fr paver, prob a back-formation from pavement, from L pavīmentum, from pavīre to beat hard; cognate with Gr paiein to beat

pāˈvage noun

A charge, or right to levy a charge, for paving streets

paved adjective

paveˈment noun

  1. A paved surface, or that with which it is paved
  2. A footway by the side of a street (sometimes even when unpaved)
  3. A paved road or its surface (N American)
  4. A floor-like surface
  5. An underlying bed, esp of fireclay under coal
transitive verb
  1. To pave
  2. To be a pavement for

pāˈven adjective

Paved

pāˈving noun and adjective

pāˈviour noun (also pāˈver or (N American) pāˈvior)

  1. A person who lays paving-stones
  2. A machine for tamping down paving-stones
  3. A paving-stone

pavement artist noun

A person who seeks a living by drawing coloured pictures on the pavement

pavement epithelium noun

Epithelium in the form of a layer of flat cells

pavement light noun

A window of glass blocks in the pavement to light a cellar

paving debate noun

A parliamentary debate preliminary to the main debate

paˈving-stone noun

A slab of stone or concrete used in a pavement, etc

on the pavement

Homeless

pave the way for

  1. To prepare the way for
  2. To make easier
  3. To help to bring on

pavé /pa-vāˈ/ (French)

noun
  1. A pavement
  2. A setting of jewellery with the stones close together, covering the metal
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