Causeway

(noun.) a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand.

(verb.) pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles.

(verb.) provide with a causeway; 'A causewayed swamp'.

艾琳编辑

• I felt it would be degrading to faint with hunger on the causeway of a hamlet. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Yet the cold was merciful, for it was the cold night air and the rain that restored me from a swoon on the stones of the causeway. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Man and horse were down; they had slipped on the sheet of ice which glazed the causeway. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• One of the party dropped some weapon, which rang on the stone causeway. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This causeway makes a sharp angle in its approach to the Burgh. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Lizzie, looking for her father, saw him coming, and stood upon the causeway that he might see her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• About an hour after, Garland was ordered to advance directly along the causeway, and got up in time to take part in the engagement. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• At length we descried a light and a roof, and presently afterwards ran alongside a little causeway made of stones that had been picked up hard by. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Did I break through one of your rings, that you spread that damned ice on the causeway? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The street is narrow, and I keep carefully to the causeway. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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