Word · Frequency #10000
tarmacs
柏油碎石；柏油碎石路
tarmacs is the plural of tarmac.
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
- 1.
Tarmacadam.
柏油碎石路
柏油碎石路；柏油碎石
In use
The airplane taxied across the tarmac before takeoff.
Workers are repairing the tarmac on the main road.
After the rain, the tarmac was slick and dangerous for cyclists.
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.
村庄由一条狭窄的柏油路连接。
tarmac sth
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。
Common mistakes
The plane landed on the asphalt.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。
They tarmaced the runway last week.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。
Connections
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
- 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。
- newly tarmacked
Learner notes
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。
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。
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。
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.
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.