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词汇 camber
释义 camber
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈkæm.bər/ us /ˈkæm.bɚ/
a gradual slope down from the middle of a road to each edge, designed to make water to flow off it(路面中间略微拱起,利于排水的)拱面,拱曲
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Road surfaces & features
asphalt
asphalting
bike lane
bitumen
black spot
cycle track
double yellow line
dropped kerb
fast lane
gravel
paver
paving stone
potholed
pull someone in
ramp
tarmac
tight turn
traffic island
unploughed
verge
Examples from literature

These men laid out and built an excellent road system, following the well-accepted British lines with a high camber and a hard surface so that the water could run into the gutters. 

Examples of camber


camber
The wing is also assumed to have no thickness and a small camber ratio, so that the linearized theory can be applied.
The airfoil shapes shown in figure 3 for m < co amount to airfoils of small camber at an angle of attack.
Where the camber is exceptionally steep, it is impossible to drive on the near-side, close to the margin of the road.
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The old-fashioned type of road is cambered for road drainage.
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Anything, therefore, which improves the surface, widens the road and makes the camber safer is all to the good.
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If you alter the camber of a road, will that be included in a definition "altering the road"?
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If the camber of the road is with you, you slide down and skid.
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Another answer to the difficulty is that of cambers.
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It cannot get on to its proper side because of its speed and weight and the camber of the road.
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The reason for the construction of the concrete apron was to remove the steep and dangerous camber on the east side of the carriageway.
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Work was done in the early 1980s on a variable camber mechanism designed to control transonic flow development, for application to a military fighter.
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Incorrect camber, potholes, drains and damaged surfaces are frequent problems for the cyclist.
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If there was any doubt about the power of the authority to alter the camber or banking of a road that would be rather unsatisfactory.
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This length of road is being reconstructed at an estimated cost of£37,000 to remedy the unsatisfactory surface and dangerous camber of the carriageway.
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We must keep down construction to the point of utility white making the roads wide enough and rightly cambered.
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