- [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 ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryb2The 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着路边延伸。 The man suddenly stepped off the pavement into the road. 那个人突然从人行道上走下来,走到马路上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wide
- narrow
- hard
- …
- step off
- step onto
- keep to
- …
- cafe
- table
- terrace
- …
- along the pavement
- down the pavement
- on the pavement
- …
- the edge of the pavement
- [countable, uncountable]
any area of flat stones on the ground 石板铺的地面 a mosaic pavement 马赛克地面
- [uncountable] (North American English)
the surface of a road Topics Transport by car or lorryc2路面
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin pavimentum ‘trodden down floor’, from pavire ‘beat, tread down’.