pave
verb [often passive]Verb Forms
Idioms present simple I / you / we / they pave | |
he / she / it paves | |
past simple paved | |
past participle paved | |
-ing form paving |
- pave something (with something)
to cover a surface with large flat stones (用砖石)铺(地) a paved area near the back door 后门旁一块石板地
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPave is used with these nouns as the object:- road
- way
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French paver ‘pave’.
Idioms
pave the way (for somebody/something)
the road to hell is paved with good intentions
- (saying)
it is not enough to intend to do good things; you must actually do them 黄泉路上徒有好意多;光说不练是不够的
the streets are paved with gold
- (saying)
used to say that it seems easy to make money in a place (表示在某地挣钱容易)遍地都是黄金