| 单词 | coal reserve |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoal reserve coal reserve n. (usually in plural) (a) a lode, seam, etc., of unmined coal; spec. the amount of coal which is known to await extraction in a particular district; (b) a quantity of mined and stored coal that has not yet been distributed or used. ΚΠ 1864 Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gaz. 15 July To ascertain the cubic measure of the coal reserves in the coal fields of the world, their respective areas in square miles are multiplied by their..assumed depths of available coal. 1895 Biloxi (Mississippi) Herald 27 July 7/4 The increase of the coal reserve near the Russian border. 1940 Chicago Tribune 17 Jan. 1/5 A number of schools which have used up their coal reserves sent pupils home. 1966 G. A. Almond & G. B. Powell Compar. Politics vii. 178 Steel plants have been built..hundreds of miles from iron and coal reserves. 1978 Fed. Coal Managem. Prog. (U. S. Dept. Interior) ii. 50 The..delay between the time when a mining company acquires a coal reserve and the time when production begins. 2009 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. (Nexis) 24 May 7 Taxable coal reserves include coal that might be mined in the future. < as lemmas |
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