telford

/tel-ferd/US // ˈtɛl fərd //UK // (ˈtɛlfəd) //

德尔福,特尔福,泰尔福,泰尔福德

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : noting a form of road pavement composed of compacted and rolled stones of various sizes.

Mr. Bessemer received the Telford and Albert gold medals and honors from sovereigns and societies round the world.
Before Macadam and Telford appeared upon the scene, the office of road-surveyor was very generally looked down upon.
He died, aged ninety-three, in 1810, five years before Macadam and Telford began their work upon the roads.
A greater speed was attained when the roads began to be reorganised by Telford and Macadam.
A great gap stretches between the time of our road-making hermit and that of Telford—a gap of four hundred and fifty years.