English Dictionary

pavement

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpeɪvmənt/

名詞

不可算名詞 通常 イギリス英語 カナダ英語 アメリカ英語

(now chiefly in technical contexts) A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground. / (chiefly British) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.

日本語の意味

舗装された表面、硬い地面の被覆 / （主に英国で）歩行者用に道路脇に設けられた舗装された歩道

The workers repaired the cracked pavement before the rainy season arrived.

作業員たちは雨季が来る前にひび割れた舗装路面を修復した。

意味（1）

(now chiefly in technical contexts) A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.

The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold.

意味（2）

(chiefly British) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.

It was a cold and rainy afternoon as Ethel Churchill sat at the window of their new abode, a house in one of the streets leading from the Strand to the river. It was the day after their arrival, and nothing could well be more gloomy than the view: the pavement was wet, and a yellow mist obscured every object,...

意味（3）

(now chiefly Canada, US) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface.

[H]e attempted to recover his importance, by haranguing upon the Roman highways, when Mr. Jolter desired the company to take notice of the fine pavement upon which they travelled from Paris into Flanders […].

意味（4）

(now chiefly Canada, US) The paved part of an area other than a road or sidewalk, such as a cobblestone plaza, asphalt schoolyard or playground, or parking lot.

意味（5）

(architecture) The interior flooring of a church sanctuary, between the communion rail and the altar.

pavements （ plural ）