Paving

(noun.) the act of applying paving materials to an area.

(noun.) material used to pave an area.

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• He becomes proprietor of this portion of the mine, and can work it without paving any acknowledgment to the landlord. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Railroad ties and street paving blocks are ordinarily protected by oil rather than paint. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• He filled the canteens and some of the wine ran out on the stone paving of the courtyard. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• After some time I drew a bill for paving the city and brought it into the Assembly. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• They had not been graded, but the paving had been done on the natural surface. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Justly thought; rightly said, Miss Eyre; and, at this moment, I am paving hell with energy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I tell you, said Jerry, that you buried paving-stones and earth in that there coffin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• It ended at the paving of asphalt which led up to the gates of the Mapleton stables. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• But they will build no more barricades, they will break no more soldiers' heads with paving-stones. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• People like you, ma'am, accustomed from infancy to lie on Down feathers, have no idea _how_ hard a paving-stone is, without trying it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.

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