English Dictionary

pave

IPA（発音記号）

/peɪv/

動詞

イギリス英語 カナダ英語 アメリカ英語 比喩的用法 他動詞

(Britain) To cover something with paving slabs. / (Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.

日本語の意味

舗装する（石、コンクリート、アスファルトなどの固い材料で道などを覆う）

The council will pave the alley with granite slabs next month.

市議会は来月、その路地に花崗岩の敷石を敷く予定です。

意味（1）

(Britain) To cover something with paving slabs.

意味（2）

(Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.

They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot.

意味（3）

(transitive, figuratively) To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth.

After two weeks Miguel began to circulate freely about the city in his truck, albeit with the long, chrome-plated pistol cocked and ready on his lap. It wouldn't be for three more years that Gonzo would tell Miguel about the secret leverage that paved his path to freedom.

paves （ present singular third-person ）

paving （ participle present ）

paved （ participle past ）

paved （ past ）