Word · Frequency #10000
tarmac
柏油碎石；柏油碎石路
核心释义
a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving; a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar
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柏油碎石路
Tarmacadam.
柏油碎石路；柏油碎石
用法In use
The airplane taxied across the tarmac before takeoff.
用法提示：tarmac作名词，指柏油碎石铺成的跑道表面。
Workers are repairing the tarmac on the main road.
用法提示：tarmac作名词，指柏油碎石路面本身。
After the rain, the tarmac was slick and dangerous for cyclists.
用法提示：tarmac作名词，指柏油碎石路面，描述其状态。
on the tarmac
"tarmac" 常指机场的停机坪或沥青路面。
The plane is waiting on the tarmac.
飞机正在停机坪上等待。
tarmac road
The village is connected by a narrow tarmac road.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- on the tarmac
- 在柏油碎石路面上（尤指停机坪）
- The plane was waiting on the tarmac for takeoff.飞机在停机坪上等待起飞。
- tarmac surface
- 柏油碎石路面
- The tarmac surface of the car park was newly laid.停车场的新柏油碎石路面刚刚铺好。
- tarmac road
- 柏油路
- We drove along a narrow tarmac road through the countryside.我们沿着一条狭窄的柏油路行驶在乡间。
- tarmac the driveway
- 用柏油碎石铺车道
- They decided to tarmac the driveway to make it more durable.他们决定用柏油碎石铺车道以使其更耐用。
- tarmac the runway
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想‘塔马客’：想象一位塔马客人在柏油碎石路上行走，记住tarmac是柏油碎石路。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：道路建设、机场 tarmac 通常指柏油碎石或柏油碎石路面，多见于道路和机场跑道等正式或技术性场景，但日常交流中也时有使用。
语法说明Grammar Note
作名词时指材料（不可数）或路面（可数）；作动词时意为用柏油碎石铺设。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending with -ack (back, tack, black) rhyme with tarmac's final syllable /æk/. Words ending with -ac (mac, sumac) also rhyme. However, words ending with -iac (cardiac) share the -ac ending but have an extra /i/ sound, so they do not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.