单词 | gasworks |
释义 | gasworksn. With singular and plural agreement. A factory where (coal) gas is produced. Now often historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with oil or gas > [noun] > gasworks gashouse1810 gasworks1815 1815 Times 24 May 3/5 The accident was occasioned, we learn, by the mismanagement of the persons employed in the gas works. 1867 C. J. Bunyon Law of Fire Insurance iii. 40 Gasworks are esteemed a fire risk of special hazard. 1898 Pall Mall Mag. Jan. 120 The water..smelt like the lee-side of a gas works. 1939 J. Cannan They rang up Police 75 The next door terrier..was rattling his chain and yelping in anticipation of a walk round the gasworks. 1969 D. Wright Deafness i. vi. 69 Our favourite haunt was the canal, behind the gasworks. 2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane i. 7 We had looked out over the Thames to the badlands beyond, a grim cityscape of gasworks and disused cranes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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