macadam
/muh-kad-uhm/US // məˈkæd əm //UK // (məˈkædəm) //
通马路,通票,通俗公路,通车证
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a macadamized road or pavement.
- : the broken stone used in making such a road.
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Examples
Cool, dry weather; relatively but not totally flat terrain; soft running surfaces, like dirt, gravel or macadam.
Rubber tires do not slip on good macadam roads and during our tour it was necessary to use chains on the wheels only a few times.
The name macadam is often used now to denote the material used in making roads.
Mr. Gano stopped meditatively, and struck his blackthorn into the gray "MacAdam" powder.
She was put together skew-geed an' one side of her was so out of geer that she couldn't run straight even on a macadam road.
The car raced along the road, crossed a macadam highway, went four blocks and pulled to a stop.
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