| 释义 |
coking, vbl. n.|ˈkəʊkɪŋ|
[f. coke v. + -ing1.]
The converting of coal into coke. Also attrib. and Comb., as coking coal, coking oven, coking process, coking-kiln.
1791Hamilton Berthollet's Dyeing I. i. ii. iii. 177 Pitcoal is reduced to..charcoal, by an operation called cokeing. 1806Martin in Phil. Trans. XCVI. 344 The strata of coal..are of a cokeing quality. 1867W. W. Smyth Coal & Coal-mining 50 The quality is also inferior for..coking. 1875Ure Dict. Arts I. 885 First-rate coking coals can be procured only from certain districts. |