Telford

n. 泰尔福特路面(由大石与碎石作基础,再用小石经辗压坚实筑成平滑面层的一种路面)

发音

UK

词形变化

Telfords 复数 Telfords

别名

Talford Telfort

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly in the interstices.

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    a Telford road

name
  1. 1.

    A characteristical surname.

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  2. 2.

    A new town in Telford and Wrekin borough and the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, named after Thomas Telford (OS grid ref SJ7008).

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  3. 3.

    A locality in the Shire of Moira, Victoria, Australia.

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  4. 4.

    A place in the United States:

    A borough in Bucks County and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, named after Thomas Telford.

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  5. 5.

    A place in the United States:

    A census-designated place in Washington County, Tennessee, named after state senator George Whitfield Telford.

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  6. 6.

    A place in the United States:

    An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Washington, named after cattleman M. A Telford.

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相关短语

Telford and Wrekin

词源

From Old French taille fer, meaning "(he who) cuts iron" or "iron-cleaver"; used as a nickname for a man who could cleave clean through the armour of his foe. The second syllable was eventually reanalysed as native English 'ford'. * (road): Named after Thomas Telford, a famous civil engineer.

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