单词 | coal mine |
释义 | coal minen. A mine in which coal is excavated from the ground; a colliery. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > coal-mine pit1447 coal mine1475 coal work?1610 coalery1644 colliery1648 coalface1771 coal-working1774 1475 in J. Raine Charters Priory Finchale (1837) 39 (MED) Henry Gillowe, parson of Hoghton, hath takyn accion of me..for tyende cole of our coal minez at Fynchall. 1582 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 70 Paid for my part of a lease, which I should have, of the cole mine of Whickam 21l. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ iii. 22 Springs..such that flow from Coal-mines, or any Sulphurious, or Vitriolin Minerals. 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 6 This Coal Mine is one hundred eighty eight Foot and a half deep. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) vi. 183 There are great coal mines all about Liege. 1853 W. Gregory Inorg. Chem. 156 The frightful accidents..so common in coal-mines. 1899 Daily News 9 Mar. 2/1 The President of the Board of Trade received a deputation from an influential body of coalmine owners. 1972 Guardian 30 Mar. 13/3 They equate it [sc. housework] with emptying dustbins and crawling on your belly in a coal mine. 2003 M. Press & R. Cooper Design Experience i. 23 A total of 20,000 steel jobs was lost during the 1990s, and in that same period South Yorkshire's 36 coal mines were reduced to just two. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1475 |
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