“macadamite”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

macadamite

释义

macadamite, n. and a. Now rare or Obs.|məˈkædəmaɪt|
[f. macadam + -ite.]
A. n. One who practises or advocates McAdam's system of road-making.
1821Monthly Mag. LII. 104 Some incidental remarks of mine in a paper I sent you in May last, have caused the Mackadamites to throw some of their spare dirt about.1839Murchison Silur. Syst. i. xxxix. 535 In certain districts..they [boulders] are fast disappearing through the labours of the Macadamites.
B. adj. Pertaining to McAdam's system of road-making.
1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. 276 The Mac-Adamite enormity of the stony road.1846Thackeray Cornhill to Cairo vii. Wks. 1900 V. 650 Roads were being repaired in the Macadamite manner.

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