pavement

noun

/ˈpeɪvmənt/

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[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。
Topics Transport by car or lorryb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- 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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[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

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin pavimentum ‘trodden down floor’, from pavire ‘beat, tread down’.