Asphalt

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–noun 

1. any of various dark-colored, solid, bituminous (瀝青) substances, native in various areas of the earth and composed mainly of hydrocarbon mixtures. 

2. a similar substance that is the by-product of petroleum-cracking operations. 

3. a mixture of such substances with gravel (砂礫), crushed rock, or the like, used for paving.  



–verb (used with object) 

4. to cover or pave with asphalt. 

–adjective 

5. of, pertaining to, or containing asphalt: asphalt tile. (瓦)





  

He guzzles way too much Royal Crown, which puts him in a perpetually bad mood and interferes with his self-aviation skills — the man is a drunk flyer. (And then he lands so hard on a street, he digs a ditch in the asphalt.)