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発音

• enPR: pāv, IPA: /peɪv/
• 韻: -eɪv

動詞

pave (third-person singular simple present paves, present participle paving, simple past and past participle paved)

1. (British) To cover something with paving slabs.
2. (Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.
   • 1970, Joni Mitchell (lyrics and music), “Big Yellow Taxi”, in Ladies of the Canyon:

     They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot.

3. (transitive, figurative) To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth.
   • 2011, Rice Baker-Yeboah, The Animal Pathways 1-2, page 110:

     After two weeks Miguel began to circulate freely about the city in his truck, albeit with the long, chrome-plated pistol cocked and ready on his lap. It wouldn't be for three more years that Gonzo would tell Miguel about the secret leverage that paved his path to freedom.

派生語

アナグラム

• EVAP, vape