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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。
柏油碎石；柏油碎石路
tarmacs — plural of tarmac
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柏油碎石；柏油碎石路
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
The plane is waiting on the tarmac.
飞机正在停机坪上等待。
柏油碎石路
Tarmacadam.
The airplane taxied across the tarmac before takeoff.
飞机起飞前在柏油碎石跑道上滑行。
Workers are repairing the tarmac on the main road.
工人们正在修补主干道上的柏油碎石路面。
After the rain, the tarmac was slick and dangerous for cyclists.
雨后，柏油碎石路面很滑，对骑车人来说很危险。
"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。
The village is connected by a narrow tarmac road.
村庄由一条狭窄的柏油路连接。
动词过去式和过去分词为 tarmacked。
They tarmacked the driveway last week.
他们上周用柏油铺了车道。
Not this
The plane landed on the asphalt.
Use this
The plane landed on the tarmac.
中文里'柏油碎石'和'沥青'常混淆，但tarmac特指柏油碎石路面，而asphalt泛指沥青。航班场景中tarmac更准确。
Not this
They tarmaced the runway last week.
Use this
They tarmacked the runway last week.
动词tarmac的过去式是tarmacked，而不是一般化的tarmaced，需注意拼写变化。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
铺柏油碎石跑道
The airport had to tarmac the runway after the winter damage.
冬季损坏后，机场不得不铺柏油碎石跑道。
新铺柏油碎石的
The newly tarmacked road was smooth and dark.
新铺柏油碎石的路面光滑而漆黑。
Use tarmacs naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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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。
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。
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