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单词 gasworks
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gasworksn.

Brit. /ˈɡaswəːks/, U.S. /ˈɡæsˌwərks/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gas n.1, work n.
Etymology: < gas n.1 + the plural of work n.
With singular and plural agreement. A factory where (coal) gas is produced. Now often historical.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with oil or gas > [noun] > gasworks
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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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