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单词 murram
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Definition of murram in English:

murram

noun ˈmʌrəm
mass noun
  • A form of laterite (clayey material) used for road surfaces in tropical Africa.

    砖红壤砾石(非洲热带地区用于铺筑路面)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But before the man driving the rollers came back, a number of trucks were deployed to dump huge mounds of murram every 800 metres, which was then mixed with lime and spread down the sides of the road.
    • We have one highway which on reaching Namungalwe, you branch off to the left and there we have a murram road.
    • In order to make these roads passable during rainy season, grading them to murram status is ongoing.
    • The murram surface runway is 1,585m x 30 m and is in good condition.
    • After about a 20 minutes drive from Kafu, we diverted to a murram road on the right, which I was told is a short-cut route to Apac, the most southern of the districts in northern Uganda.
    • Follow the murram road for 500m bearing right at a fork in the road until you reach a clearing on the edge of the forest and the forestry station.
    • If murram or good quality clay is not available, use sand for filling with adequate watering.
    • As we proceed deeper and higher we are mostly on red murram or clay.
    • Many of the roads are murram and without signs.
    • Soon we were bouncing down the murram road in the opposite direction.

Origin

1920s: a local word.

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