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pavement

noun
🔊/ˈpeɪvmənt/
🔊/ˈpeɪvmənt/
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  1. [countable] (British English)
    (North American English sidewalk)
    a flat part at the side of a road for people to walk on（马路边的）人行道
    • a pavement cafe路边咖啡馆
    • Don’t ride your bike on the pavement!不要在人行道上骑自行车！
    Extra Examples
    • The car mounted the pavement and crashed into a lamp post.汽车开上人行道，撞到了路灯柱上。
    • A narrow pavement ran along the side of the road.一条狭窄的人行道沿路边跑来。
    • The man suddenly stepped off the pavement into the road.那人突然从人行道上走下了马路。
    Topics Transport by car or lorryb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • wide
    • narrow
    • hard
    • …
    verb + pavement
    • step off
    • step onto
    • keep to
    • …
    pavement + noun
    • cafe
    • table
    • terrace
    • …
    preposition
    • along the pavement
    • down the pavement
    • on the pavement
    • …
    phrases
    • the edge of the pavement
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  2. [countable, uncountable] any area of flat stones on the ground石板铺的地面
    • a mosaic pavement马赛克地面
  3. [uncountable] (North American English) the surface of a road路面
    • Two cars skidded on the icy pavement.两辆汽车在结冰的路面上打滑。🔊🔊
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin pavimentum ‘trodden down floor’, from pavire ‘beat, tread down’.