| 词汇 | chipping |
| 释义 | chipping noun[ Cusually plural ] UKuk /ˈtʃɪp.ɪŋ/ us /ˈtʃɪp.ɪŋ/ a small piece of stone, put in road surfaces or under railway tracks（铺路或铁轨用的）碎石 Compare chipnoun 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 Here one observes a difference underfoot from what has gone before: scraps of Roman tile and stone chippings protrude through the grass in meagre quantity, but sufficient to suggest that masonry stood on the spot. It is picked out from amongst ordinary stones partly because of its shape, and partly because of rough and much-worn chippings that suggest the hand of art or of nature, according to your turn of mind. On investigation, it was discovered that the inside portion of the walls had been made up of stone chippings without cement. These masons' chippings were evidently the output from some large cutting in the rock, and it became apparent that there must be a great rock tomb in the neighbourhood. |
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