pave·ment
noun/ˈpeɪvmənt/
/ˈpeɪvmənt/
- enlarge image[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 lorryb2- 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.
路边有一条狭窄的人行道。 - The man suddenly stepped off the pavement into the road.
那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
- a pavement cafe
- [countable, uncountable] any area of flat stones on the ground
石板铺的地面 - a mosaic pavement
马赛克地面
- a mosaic pavement
- [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。
- Two cars skidded on the icy pavement.
- [countable] (geology) a large flat area of rock with nothing growing on it
一大块平坦的岩石,上面没有任何东西生长 - a limestone pavement
石灰石路面
- a limestone pavement
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin pavimentum ‘trodden down floor’, from pavire ‘beat, tread down’.