| 单词 | macadamise |
| 例句 | This and the layer on deck—mingled with ashes, which formed a kind of macadamised walk—kept the warmth in the vessel, and the temperature of the lower deck ranged from 48° to 56°. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Clara went out for a long walk over the old macadamised road that ran through the White-Russian town on its way to St. Petersburg. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z With success to recommend it, the new system spread like wildfire, and "a macadamised road" soon became a household word. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z As he advanced into youth, and "macadamised his own road," various branches of the natural sciences, history, antiquities, and the fine arts, nearly absorbed his attention. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z But next day the sun shone again, and we were taken for a drive over macadamised roads and shown things that corrected our opinion of Bush scenery. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z “The roads about here are not macadamised, though there’s plenty of metal on the surface.” The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z When she reached the macadamised bank and caught the smell of the water it was borne in upon her afresh that it was spring. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z At last, in a fit of despair, it fell upon the notable device of macadamising the well-paved Rue Italienne and Rue Richelieu. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z They made long, straight, macadamised roads which they pushed with surprising engineering skill through tunnelled mountains, spanning seemingly impassable gorges with marvellously constructed bridges. The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru 2011-06-13T02:00:26.863Z We were now down in the flat, settled, macadamised country, only twenty miles or so from Ballarat and fifty from the metropolis—quite "in the world." Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z It was a huge iron roller drawn by horses up and down a newly macadamised road. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z The road running up the steep acclivity was of no great width—nothing resembling the broad macadamised “turnpike” of modern times. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z To my drowsy gaze the mist seemed to take the form of our native fogs, while the condition of the ledge suggested obtrusively a newly macadamised road. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z The only road on which it is possible to take a drive with comfort is Yonge Street, which is macadamised for the first twelve miles. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z I can answer for it that in 1870 it was excellently paved and macadamised, thronged with its waggonette-cabs, omnibuses, and private carriages—a perfectly good and proper street, except for its open drainage gutters. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z The labourers, who break up the hard black basalt for macadamising purposes, call it ‘chaney metal.’ A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z The macadamised roads, all in mud; only causing an increase of wear and tear. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z The plural of genie when used in this sense is genii, which is really the plural of the Latin word genius. macadamised. Stories from Tagore Then six miles of macadamised road showed us that the team could move. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Reduced to matter-of-fact figures, Johannesburg proper covers four square miles; its roads and streets are 126 miles in length, twenty-one miles of which are macadamised, and ten miles have tram lines. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal But the road was good, though being macadamised it was hard for the feet, and we made but few rests. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 And yet now that this dreadful staircase has been superseded by a good macadamised road, every one seems to regret the change. The Naples Riviera In general, the highways are macadamised, and kept in good condition. Adventures in the Philippine Islands The only annoyance comes from the cast-off nail of a horse-shoe or the sharp splinter of a macadamised stone. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland The carriage road, which it is intended to macadamise, is about 30 feet wide, and running parallel with it on either side is an enclosure 50 feet wide, to be planted with shade trees. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal But after an hour or so our heavy burdens, the still hot sun, and the roughly macadamised road began to tell on us. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 One side of the street was verandah’d along its whole length, and the walks on either side of the macadamised road were asphalted. The Tale of Timber Town I remarked, that though the road was well levelled and macadamised, scarcely a man was to be seen employed in the present operations. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Here are heaps of dark grey “macadamised” stones;—silver and lead ores just raised from the pit; over whose very mouth we are unknowingly standing. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France For the first ten miles—to Harpeth River—I found an excellent road, graded and macadamised, running most of the way between fenced plantations. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Roads were not then macadamised and strictly confined to one line. The Toilers of the Field One of these, proposes the Piræus as the port, and that the necessary warehouses, counting-houses, docks, &c. shall be erected there; and from thence, a fine macadamised road is to lead to the city. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 The road is here well macadamised; on either side of it are the country seats of the nobility. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 Even half a mile of our road was macadamised with it. A Girl's Ride in Iceland Our horses were fast and spirited, and the motion of our carrioles over the firmly macadamised road was just sufficient to keep the blood in nimble circulation. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland To be thoroughly successful, a trench, say six or eight inches wide, and about as deep, should be cut in the place of each rut, and these trenches macadamised. The Toilers of the Field We threw out as quietly as we could a couple of hundred rough lumps about the size of those fragments of granite used for macadamising a modern road. The Golden Magnet Arrived at Zanesville half past six, the last stage beautifully macadamised. A Journey to America in 1834 Revelation to him, instead of being the abyss of God's counsels, with its dim outlines and broad shadows, was a flat, sunny plain, laid out with straight macadamised roads. Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert It was, in truth, a superb highway; broad and perfectly macadamised, and leading along the brink of a deep rocky chasm, down which thundered a powerful stream. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland On the model of tantalise, from the punishment of Tantalus, we have bowdlerise, from Bowdler, who published an expurgated "family Shakespeare" in 1818; cf. macadamise. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) It was an extremely rugged path, and appeared to have been macadamised with stones the size of a man’s head. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication A good road most of the way, limestone macadamised. A Journey to America in 1834 On the upper plain the surface is often a dead level for a hundred miles, and as firm as a macadamised road. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico The road is repairing and levelling, preparatory to its being macadamised—certainly not before it was required, for it is at present execrable throughout the whole province. Diary in America, Series One On the top of the bundar we struck a macadamised road and rattled gaily along to see the town. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah A model village has been formed, with church and schools, a well-ordered agricultural population organised, farm-buildings erected, roads macadamised, the barren lande drained and reclaimed, and the château surrounded by a well-wooded park. Brittany & Its Byways If the reader will try to imagine a very small ant or beetle dragging its property over a newly macadamised road, he will have a faint conception of the nature of the work. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole It was about the year 1820 that most of the post-roads had been macadamised, and the service had reached its highest state of efficiency. Post Haste Its surface is, for the most part, a dead horizontal level, sterile as the Sahara itself, in places smooth and hard as a macadamised road. The Lone Ranche Out of Bhamo for some miles, the road is macadamised, broad level and straight, with grand columnar trees on either side, and leaves on its surface. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah Simple though it sounds, it is astonishingly effective, and, indeed, the sensation is almost that of walking on a hard, macadamised road. With Our Army in Palestine The place had been whitewashed once, no doubt, but the colour was now about the same as that of a macadamised road, and the whole place seemed dirty and neglected. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men With mail-coaches, macadamised roads, security, ten miles an hour, and a vastly increased revenue, the Post-Office seemed to have reached the highest heights of prosperity. Post Haste My friend Mr. Russell Shaw would, I doubt not, take the contract for 4,000_l_., and a macadamised cart-road could be made for 500_l_. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative But a man is the present German Minister if there was ever one, and it was in the newly macadamised Legation Street that the incident I am about to relate occurred. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation "I lost them when I scrambled head first down this gentleman's macadamised road this morning, but if you want a tooth out I can use the tongs." What Necessity Knows The very streets in the newly-formed parts of the city are macadamised with the fragments of costly baths and pillars. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood The wide road is macadamised and marked with kilometre stones, and is planted on either side with pepper-trees, plane-trees, and the Eucalyptus globulus, which has grown 35 metres, or 115 feet, in seven years. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months They found a taxi this time, near the Gare du Vert, and ran quickly out, first over cobbles, then down a wide avenue with a macadamised surface which paralleled the river, downstream. Simon Called Peter Do macadamise the frown from your brow in order to receive them. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) Once on a time a lift in the waggon just across the wet turf to the macadamised road—if it chanced to be going that way—would have been looked upon as a fortunate thing. Hodge and His Masters They crossed the park and went west along Washington Boulevard, beautiful with its broad macadamised road, and large frame houses set back from the sidewalks. Sister Carrie: a Novel Docks, hospitals, wharves, a Gothic cathedral, a government house, macadamised streets, give to Hong Kong the appearance of a town in Kent or Surrey transferred by some strange magic to the antipodes. Around the World in 80 Days At the same time all the streets were macadamised; so that the cleanliness and health of the young towns were duly cared for in all respects. Freeland A Social Anticipation Finally our evacuating army had to macadamise its unmolested route down the passes by bribes to the hillmen, and the result of the second Afghan war was about as barren as that of the first. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places A macadamised boulevard has been built, and a breakwater is building. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I This arrangement by no means satisfied the exacting Macnaghten, and he continued to worry himself by foreseeing all sorts of troublous contingencies unless measures were adopted for 'macadamising' the road through the Punjaub. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 The road along which the dwellings of these small farmers lie is macadamised, and occasionally a cross stands by the roadside, at which devotees may be seen to prostrate themselves. The Englishwoman in America "I wish that I owned this dog," observed Siward, as the phaeton entered the macadamised drive. The Fighting Chance There is a main street with macadamised roadway and stone pavements, real flat stone, for they were laid before the appearance of the all-conquering cement. Up the Hill and Over On ascending the heights after leaving Smyrna, the road was remarkable in being formed of the broken relics of ancient edifices partly macadamised. The Life of Lord Byron The huge city is at the same time full of fog and dirt, and the macadamised streets are like well-worn roads. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century The natural floor was of rough slabs of lava, laid partly edgewise, so that a newly macadamised road would have been as soft a bed. The Hawaiian Archipelago A broken piece of granite used for macadamising a road is a more complex instrument, about the toolishness of which no doubt can be entertained. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler "Mighty lucky for you that it wasn't a macadamised boulevard instead of a sandy country road," observed the doctor. Old Rose and Silver The dirty holes that some of these lodgings are! such tawdry finery and such servants, with their faces and hands not merely dirty, but absolutely macadamised. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 He had fallen on a part of the road which had been recently macadamised; and his face, we are informed, is frightfully mutilated by contact with the granite. Basil When they came nearer the prison, and the isvostchik turned off the paved on to the macadamised road, it became easier to talk, and he again turned to Nekhludoff. Resurrection There they turned off to a little path leading to the high road to Epinay where we lost the traces in the newly macadamised highway. Mystery of the Yellow Room The country has not been covered with a network of macadamised roads, and the bridges are by no means as safe as could be desired. Russia |
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