音标:[æs'fæltәm] ;
n. (=asphalt)沥青, 柏油
n. Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen.
It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface
of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It
occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore
called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many
parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen.
n. A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used
for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs,
etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar,
lime, sand, etc.

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学英语单词
adiposoaenital syndrome
advanced development
albugo candida (pers.)o.kuntze
aluminium-backed phosphor
anchor boom
apostille
appeals board
athenion
b.o.q.
basic control system satellite
be behind sb
benzidine blue
bituminous shale
blower wheel
Bullish Belt Hold
calculated crime
call letter
Carolina Bays
cascade decomposition
catchability
cold-front rain
Contracaecum
Corcelles-lès-Cîteaux
decoder for linear code
delineation of structured object
demand pattern
distribution switch board
dual layer anion unit
east magnetic component
eicosanoate
electromagnetic track braking
electrostatic fasciculation
environmental conservation
etch resistant coating
ficosis
firefly
gallium alum
Gandak R.
Gartok
gas mileage
general-purpose polystyrene
greenbodies
i-r
interface diagnosis
jamming adapter
Jazi
kazlauskas
keep his shirt on
keyword and UDC index
Larodopa
leafliker
legatum poenae nomine
leiteite
MALG
mastogloia corsicana
meat factor
micro-manage
mineralogical phase rule
monomorium fossulatum
multiple contact high-pressure molding machine
natural binary code
nonprobability sampling
ordinary least-squares method
orsons
paraplasmic
pentosyltransferases
plant volatile
poetess
polarized dipole modulation
pridefine
printometer
proctocolonoscope
program filename
Pycnoplinthopsis
recalibrator
recapture tax
red panda
refricapageration city
return on assets
Riccarton group
rotating piston
roundhaul netter
Rubefaeients
running kilometre
sag rod
sales basis
selenocyano-
short circuited turn
side-by-side listing
single loop servomechanism
slip wire
smike
softening anneal
sound proof box
speech intensity
sport utility vehicle
staff gage
stock liquor
strip fuse (link fuse)
structured debt
transubstantiation
zero profits