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paving 音标拼音: [p'evɪŋ] n. 筑设;筑路;筑设材料 筑设;筑路;筑设材料 paving n 1: material used to pave an area [ synonym: { paving}, { pavement}, { paving material}] 2: the paved surface of a thoroughfare [ synonym: { pavement}, { paving}] 3: the act of applying paving materials to an area [ synonym: { paving}, { pavage}] 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]
Paving \ Pav" ing\, n. 1. The act or process of laying a pavement, or covering some place with a pavement. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A pavement. [ 1913 Webster]
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