: something that suggests a pavement (as in flatness, hardness, and extent of surface)
Example Sentences
He stopped the car just off the pavement. The summer heat rose off the pavement.
Recent Examples on the WebFor the most part, the Hyundai is a comfortable commuter but was jittery over the rougher patches of pavement that dot Michigan's roads. Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2022 Zzyzx Road, which leads to the California State University Desert Studies Center, is also still closed because of severe undercutting of the pavement, a news release said. Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022 The pothole issue came to light this spring when the Seven Hills Service Department identified more than 40 sections of road -- roughly 6,000 square feet of pavement -- in need of repair. John Benson, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2022 Some days, journalists were at the scene, their television cameras set up on an out-of-sight patch of pavement, ready to roll when a mourner showed up. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 When the entire 50-mile stretch of pavement once again welcomes cars, buses and RVs, traffic jams are common. Brigid Mander, WSJ, 6 July 2022 But large chunks of pavement are now gone on this crucial tourist corridor, washed away in a vicious June storm that swelled the Gardner River and sent mud and rocks racing down hillsides.New York Times, 2 July 2022 But large chunks of pavement are now gone on this crucial tourist corridor, washed away in a vicious May storm that swelled the Gardner River and sent mud and rocks racing down hillsides. Jim Robbins, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2022 The below video, taken by a NPS helicopter, shows the extent of road damage in a stretch between Mammoth Hot Springs and the North Entrance, with much of the pavement completely washed away following mudslides and flooding of the Gardner River. J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 14 June 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pavimentum, from pavire
(BrE) ➡ see also sidewalkADJECTIVE | VERB + PAVEMENT | PAVEMENT + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤wide寬闊的人行道▸➤narrow狹窄的人行道▸➤hard堅硬的路面◇She had sore feet from walking on hard pavements all day.一整天在堅硬的路面上走路使她兩腳痠痛。➤broken, uneven凹凸不平的路面▸➤crowded擁擠的人行道▸➤empty空蕩蕩的人行道VERB + PAVEMENT➤step off, step onto走下/走上人行道▸➤keep to不離開人行道▸➤mount上人行道◇The car mounted the pavement and crashed into a lamp post.汽車開上人行道,撞到了路燈柱上。PAVEMENT + NOUN➤cafe, table, terrace路邊咖啡館;(人行道上的)露天餐桌;伸出到人行道上的平台PREPOSITION➤along the pavement, down the pavement, on the pavement沿着人行道;在人行道上◇There was a car parked on the pavement and we couldn't get by.人行道上停着一輛汽車,我們過不去。➤up the pavement沿着人行道PHRASES➤the edge of the pavement人行道邊緣