| 单词 | coal engine |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoal engine coal engine n. (a) an engine for lifting coal (now rare); (b) an engine which burns coal as fuel. ΚΠ 1742 Decisions Court of Session Jan. 1724 35 The Earl being in possession of a Dam upon the Water of Leven.., and from thence he carried a Stream for the Use of his Corn Mills and Coal Engines. 1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. IV. 49 Upon this water [sc. the Orr] there are six corn-mills, two fulling-mills..and one coal-engine. 1859 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 20 May 462/1 I was very desirous of testing the capabilities of the coal engine ‘Canute’ for drawing a heavy load up the incline from Southampton to Andover. 1903 Colliery Engineer Apr. 393 The water-hoisting engines are usually set at right angles to the coal engines, to avoid placing one sheave over the other with the resulting extra liability to wrecks. 1991 P. C. Newman Merchant Princes viii. 221 Coal engines took eight hours to flash up and some ships took days to coal; oil propulsion was faster, more efficient. < as lemmas |
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