tarmac

Word family nountarrinesstarringtarboytarmacadamtarweedtaradjectivetarryverbtarmac

Related topics: Roads

tar·mac1 /ˈtɑːmæk $ ˈtɑːr-/ noun trademark

1. (also tarmacadam British EnglishBrE /ˌtɑːməˈkædəm $ ˌtɑːr- $ ˌtɑːr-/) [uncountableU]TTR a mixture of tar and very small stones, used for making the surface of roads 〔铺路用的〕柏油碎石 SYN asphalt

2 the tarmac trademark TTAan area covered with tarmac outside airport buildings 铺有柏油碎石的飞机跑道[停机坪]

on the tarmac

Journalists waited on the tarmac to question him.

新闻记者们在停机坪上等候着向他提问。

Examples from the Corpus

on the tarmac• There was a pool of blood on the tarmac now, around his head.• There was a flustered conference on the tarmac between two groups of officials.• That is, until camera crews on the tarmac turned their lenses to them.• Bike and biker parted company and, some slow-motion seconds later, my two front teeth touched down on the tarmac.• And that was when she hit a wet patch on the tarmac and felt the car go out of control.• There are five hundred planes on the tarmac, all ready for the big take-off.• A ground party was immediately organised to manhandle the aircraft on to sheets of corrugated iron positioned on the tarmac.• Three hours later, the plane was still sitting on the tarmac.• A Maypole sprung up and the displaced tuff was unfurled on the tarmac road.

Examples from the Corpus

tarmac• More tarmac and concrete has left fewer green fields for water to drain into underground reserves, as Sheila Brocklebank reports.• And an hour later in the House of Sport, the road race committee will hear the views of tarmac competitors.• I watched as my dear man made his way across the tarmac to the small Doha airport.• There was a flustered conference on the tarmac between two groups of officials.• A ground party was immediately organised to manhandle the aircraft on to sheets of corrugated iron positioned on the tarmac.• The men hopped to the tarmac and unraveled a rust-stained intestine of hose.

词汇	tarmac
释义	tarmac Word family nountarrinesstarringtarboytarmacadamtarweedtaradjectivetarryverbtarmac Related topics: Roads tar·mac1 /ˈtɑːmæk $ ˈtɑːr-/ noun trademark 1. (also tarmacadam British EnglishBrE /ˌtɑːməˈkædəm $ ˌtɑːr- $ ˌtɑːr-/) [uncountableU]TTR a mixture of tar and very small stones, used for making the surface of roads 〔铺路用的〕柏油碎石 SYN asphalt 2 the tarmac trademark TTAan area covered with tarmac outside airport buildings 铺有柏油碎石的飞机跑道[停机坪] on the tarmac Journalists waited on the tarmac to question him. 新闻记者们在停机坪上等候着向他提问。 Examples from the Corpus on the tarmac• There was a pool of blood on the tarmac now, around his head.• There was a flustered conference on the tarmac between two groups of officials.• That is, until camera crews on the tarmac turned their lenses to them.• Bike and biker parted company and, some slow-motion seconds later, my two front teeth touched down on the tarmac.• And that was when she hit a wet patch on the tarmac and felt the car go out of control.• There are five hundred planes on the tarmac, all ready for the big take-off.• A ground party was immediately organised to manhandle the aircraft on to sheets of corrugated iron positioned on the tarmac.• Three hours later, the plane was still sitting on the tarmac.• A Maypole sprung up and the displaced tuff was unfurled on the tarmac road. Examples from the Corpus tarmac• More tarmac and concrete has left fewer green fields for water to drain into underground reserves, as Sheila Brocklebank reports.• And an hour later in the House of Sport, the road race committee will hear the views of tarmac competitors.• I watched as my dear man made his way across the tarmac to the small Doha airport.• There was a flustered conference on the tarmac between two groups of officials.• A ground party was immediately organised to manhandle the aircraft on to sheets of corrugated iron positioned on the tarmac.• The men hopped to the tarmac and unraveled a rust-stained intestine of hose. Related topics: Roads tarmac2 verb (tarmacked, tarmacking) [transitiveT] TTRto cover a road’s surface with tarmac 在〔路面〕上铺柏油碎石 Origin tarmac (1900-2000) Tarmac, a trademark, from tarmacadam “tarmac” ((19-20 centuries)), from tar + macadam “smooth hard road surface” ((19-20 centuries)) (from John L. McAdam (1756-1836), Scottish engineer who invented the process)
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