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Definition of macadam in English: macadamnoun məˈkadəmməˈkædəm mass nounBroken stone of even size, bound with tar or bitumen and used in successively compacted layers for surfacing roads and paths. （铺路用）碎石路面；碎石；马克当洛 Example sentencesExamples - Scribbled in her untidy scrawl were the words I love Nate Litz written across her macadam driveway in a pale rose-colored chalk.
- Thanks to balky local governments, the full length was not finally surfaced with concrete or macadam until 1937.
- Going by the calculations of the Chennai Corporation, each square metre of road laid with bituminous macadam costs the civic body Rs.450.
- While meticulous plan after meticulous plan succeeded in liberating half a ton of gold bullion, the scheme was bound to be foiled by the windy alpine roads, and a piece of damaged macadam.
- The bituminous material at each site was dense bituminous macadam, which typically had a bitumen content of 4.0-4.5%.
- How good a road is going to be depends on how the design is laid out initially vis-a-vis the layer of bitumen, macadam, coat of slurry seal or fog seal.
- We will be continuing our programme of macadam overlays for regional and local roads around the county.
- The dense bitumen macadam surface, in the absence of any other dressing, tends to polish and became dangerous, particularly after rain.
- It left the macadam in the streets cracked and flaking.
- Paving was usually done with asphalt or macadam, though brick paving blocks were also used.
- In 1906 Eltham's Bridge Street and High Street became the first tarred macadam (tar-sealed) roads in New Zealand.
- Its fertile soil was seeded in shame with concrete and macadam, and what grew were traffic lanes and cities like Plainfield, hot and steamy in the month of July.
- Once the newly laid lanes are open, the existing road will be shut to traffic and the top layer will be scraped off and fresh wet mix macadam laid.
- The roads shall have sensory speed detectors, traffic lights and tar macadam.
- The dust clouds raised by cars were still asphyxiating, but macadam was slowly bringing relief.
- I retraced my route down the gold brick driveway out to the macadam state road.
- Some stall floors are macadam and stone dust with bedding over top.
- The result was that in 1906, Eltham became the first town in New Zealand to have a tarred macadam (tar-sealed) street.
- He made the point that a dense bitumen macadam base course was not designed to be skid resistant and he was not aware of any specification for skid resistance on a base course.
- In the absence of surface dressing, dense bitumen macadam tends to polish and become dangerous.
Derivativesadjective There is a macadamed road which turns right and heads up to a little parking area right of the road. Example sentencesExamples - There is a good macadamed road to the entrance of the village, where there is a meadow for children to play.
- We did lose the trail at one point, when we crossed over the one macadamed road.
OriginEarly 19th century: named after John L. McAdam (1756–1836), the British surveyor who advocated using this material. Definition of macadam in US English: macadamnounməˈkædəmməˈkadəm Broken stone of even size used in successively compacted layers for surfacing roads and paths, and typically bound with tar or bitumen. （铺路用）碎石路面；碎石；马克当洛 Example sentencesExamples - How good a road is going to be depends on how the design is laid out initially vis-a-vis the layer of bitumen, macadam, coat of slurry seal or fog seal.
- While meticulous plan after meticulous plan succeeded in liberating half a ton of gold bullion, the scheme was bound to be foiled by the windy alpine roads, and a piece of damaged macadam.
- He made the point that a dense bitumen macadam base course was not designed to be skid resistant and he was not aware of any specification for skid resistance on a base course.
- Going by the calculations of the Chennai Corporation, each square metre of road laid with bituminous macadam costs the civic body Rs.450.
- The result was that in 1906, Eltham became the first town in New Zealand to have a tarred macadam (tar-sealed) street.
- Some stall floors are macadam and stone dust with bedding over top.
- The dense bitumen macadam surface, in the absence of any other dressing, tends to polish and became dangerous, particularly after rain.
- Scribbled in her untidy scrawl were the words I love Nate Litz written across her macadam driveway in a pale rose-colored chalk.
- The bituminous material at each site was dense bituminous macadam, which typically had a bitumen content of 4.0-4.5%.
- Once the newly laid lanes are open, the existing road will be shut to traffic and the top layer will be scraped off and fresh wet mix macadam laid.
- In 1906 Eltham's Bridge Street and High Street became the first tarred macadam (tar-sealed) roads in New Zealand.
- I retraced my route down the gold brick driveway out to the macadam state road.
- Paving was usually done with asphalt or macadam, though brick paving blocks were also used.
- We will be continuing our programme of macadam overlays for regional and local roads around the county.
- The roads shall have sensory speed detectors, traffic lights and tar macadam.
- It left the macadam in the streets cracked and flaking.
- The dust clouds raised by cars were still asphyxiating, but macadam was slowly bringing relief.
- Thanks to balky local governments, the full length was not finally surfaced with concrete or macadam until 1937.
- In the absence of surface dressing, dense bitumen macadam tends to polish and become dangerous.
- Its fertile soil was seeded in shame with concrete and macadam, and what grew were traffic lanes and cities like Plainfield, hot and steamy in the month of July.
OriginEarly 19th century: named after John L. McAdam (1756–1836), the British surveyor who advocated using this material. |