pave the cowpath

短语

词形变化

paves the cowpath 三单 paving the cowpath 现在分词 paved the cowpath 过去式 paved the cowpath 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To formalize an existing de-facto practice.

    比喻

词源

Reflecting the theme that some paved roads of the 20th and 21st centuries were developed over existing rights of way such as earlier cowpaths and footpaths; see also Wikipedia at desire path.

来源：wiktionary