英语词汇“dry diggings”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dry diggings n. (a) (originally U.S.) gold-diggings on high land or away from a river or stream; (b) in South Africa, diamond-diggings at which the diamondiferous material is disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere.

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1848 Californian 14 Aug. 2/3 In one part of the mine called the ‘dry diggins’, no other implements are necessary than an ordinary sheath knife, to pick the gold from the rocks.

1853 Househ. Words 8 321/1 The dry diggings at least furnish equal proof of energy and industry.

1858 Brit. Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 11 Dec. 1/2 These are in fact a species of dry diggings.

1858 W. Howitt Land, Labour & Gold (ed. 2) I. xi. 126 Next came the dry diggings; these were far enough from the stream to be free of its drainage.

1862 E. Hodder Mem. N.Z. Life 222 There are two principal kinds of diggings: river diggings..and dry diggings, in the conglomerate and gravel accumulated on the slope of the mountains.

1873 F. Boyle To Cape for Diamonds 123 Four ‘dry diggings’:—New Rush..Old De Beers, Dutoitspan, and Bultfontein.

1889 K. Munroe Golden Days of ’49 x. 111 The dry diggings were those of hill-sides, or in gulches containing no steady supply of water.

1899 G. Lacy Pict. of Trav. 173 The ‘dry diggings’ are thirty miles to the south-east of Pniel. They are so called because the gems are not found in river-wash, but in dry tufa, which has apparently never been in contact with water.

1910 J. Hart Vigilante Girl xxiv. 326 It had been a ‘dry diggings’, and the skeleton line of a long flume ran thread-like along the mountains.

1920 J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas 43 This being Dry Diggings, meaning no gold to be found,..we all scattered.

单词	dry diggings
释义	> as lemmas dry diggings dry diggings n. (a) (originally U.S.) gold-diggings on high land or away from a river or stream; (b) in South Africa, diamond-diggings at which the diamondiferous material is disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere. ΚΠ 1848 Californian 14 Aug. 2/3 In one part of the mine called the ‘dry diggins’, no other implements are necessary than an ordinary sheath knife, to pick the gold from the rocks. 1853 Househ. Words 8 321/1 The dry diggings at least furnish equal proof of energy and industry. 1858 Brit. Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 11 Dec. 1/2 These are in fact a species of dry diggings. 1858 W. Howitt Land, Labour & Gold (ed. 2) I. xi. 126 Next came the dry diggings; these were far enough from the stream to be free of its drainage. 1862 E. Hodder Mem. N.Z. Life 222 There are two principal kinds of diggings: river diggings..and dry diggings, in the conglomerate and gravel accumulated on the slope of the mountains. 1873 F. Boyle To Cape for Diamonds 123 Four ‘dry diggings’:—New Rush..Old De Beers, Dutoitspan, and Bultfontein. 1889 K. Munroe Golden Days of ’49 x. 111 The dry diggings were those of hill-sides, or in gulches containing no steady supply of water. 1899 G. Lacy Pict. of Trav. 173 The ‘dry diggings’ are thirty miles to the south-east of Pniel. They are so called because the gems are not found in river-wash, but in dry tufa, which has apparently never been in contact with water. 1910 J. Hart Vigilante Girl xxiv. 326 It had been a ‘dry diggings’, and the skeleton line of a long flume ran thread-like along the mountains. 1920 J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas 43 This being Dry Diggings, meaning no gold to be found,..we all scattered. extracted from dryadj.adv. < as lemmas
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