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pave 音标拼音: [p'ev] vt. 铺设,安排,为…铺路 铺设,安排,为…铺路 pave n 1: a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows v 1: cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic; " pave the roads in the village" Pav' e \ Pa` v[' e]"\, n. [ F., from paver to pave. See { Pave}.] The pavement. [ 1913 Webster] { Nymphe du pav[' e]}, a prostitute who solicits in the street; a streetwalker. [ A low euphemism.] [ 1913 Webster]
Pave \ Pave\ ( p[= a] v), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Paved} ( p[= a] vd); p. pr. & vb. n. { Paving}.] [ F. paver to pave, LL. pavare, from L. pavire to beat, ram, or tread down; cf. Gr. pai` ein to beat, strike.] 1. To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for vehicles, horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court. [ 1913 Webster] With silver paved, and all divine with gold. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways. -- Gay. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the way for an enterprise. [ 1913 Webster] It might open and pave a prepared way to his own title. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 18 Moby Thesaurus words for " pave": asphalt, blacktop, carpet, causeway, cement, cobblestone, concrete, cover, ease, facilitate, flag, floor, metal, pebble, surface, tar, tarmac, tile
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