tarmac
['tɑrmæk]
英文詞源
- tarmac
- tarmac: [20] The term tarmac commemorates the name of John Loudon McAdam (1756–1836), a Scottish civil engineer who developed a method of levelling roads and covering them with gravel. Setting the gravel in tar produced in the 1880s the term tarmacadam, and in 1903 the abbreviated form tarmac was registered as a trademark. By 1919 the word was being used in British English as a synonym for ‘runway’.
- tarmac (n.)
- 1903, Tarmac, a trademark name, short for tarmacadam (1882) "pavement created by spraying tar over crushed stone," from tar (n.1) + John L. McAdam (see macadam). By 1919, tarmac was being used generally in Great Britain for "runway."
雙語例句
- 1. As Parretti walked across the tarmac, fraud officers closed in.
- 當帕雷蒂穿過柏油路的時候，反欺詐警察圍了上去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Standing on the tarmac were two American planes.
- 停機坪上停著兩架美國飛機。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They staggered in a zigzag across the tarmac.
- 他們深一腳淺一腳，跌跌撞撞地穿過停機坪。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Three planes were standing on the tarmac, waiting to take off.
- 三架飛機停在跑道上，等候起飛。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. The passengers were shepherded across the tarmac to the airliner.
- 旅客們被引導走過跑道去上飛機.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》