pavement

Compared meaning: a paved walking path beside a road (noun).

比较义项：人行道（路边供行人行走的铺筑道路）（名词）。

• pavement 本词

  British English term for this path; in American English 'pavement' usually means the paved road surface itself, not the walkway.

  英式英语中表示人行道的说法；在美式英语中，pavement 通常指铺筑的路面本身，而不是人行道。

  In London, cyclists are not allowed to ride on the pavement.

  在伦敦，骑车人不得在人行道上骑车。

• sidewalk

  American English term for this path; the standard word used across the US and Canada, rarely heard in British English.

  美式英语中表示人行道的说法，是美国和加拿大的标准用词，在英式英语中很少使用。

  In New York, vendors set up food carts along the sidewalk.

  在纽约，小贩沿着人行道摆摊卖食品车。

Pavement and sidewalk both name the paved path beside a road where people walk. Pavement is the British English word, and sidewalk is the American English word. In American English pavement means the road surface, not the walkway; that meaning is not compared here.

这两个词在这个意义上都指路边供行人行走的铺筑道路，是近义词，但地域用法不同：pavement 是英式英语说法，sidewalk 是美式英语说法。这里不比较 pavement 在美式英语中表示“路面、路基”的另一个意思。