单词 | landfill site |
释义 | > as lemmaslandfill site Of, pertaining to, or resulting from the disposal of refuse at a landfill; frequently in landfill site. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [adjective] > systems of landfill1938 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > place for disposing of refuse > landfill site landfill1903 landfill site1967 1938 Engin. News-Record 1 Sept. 273/2 The low cost of the land fill method is the chief argument for its use. 1942 in Sun (Baltimore) (1944) 10 Feb. 8/1 The so-called sanitary or land fill system. 1953 Richmond (Va.) News-leader 2 Sept. 21 A bulldozer struck water in the landfill dump area. 1967 Boston Sunday Globe 23 Apr. 20/3 By 1970, it is expected that the majority of the area's dumps and landfill sites will be filled to capacity. 1971 Pollution (Greater London Council) 8 The Greater London Council..operates a code of practice for good management of landfill sites under its own control. 1978 Detroit Free Press 14 Apr. b6/2 Airports are particularly vulnerable to bird strikes because so many of them are located..adjacent to landfill sites and dumps. 1988 Independent 15 Aug. 3/2 Britain's worst explosion called by landfill methane. 1990 Environment 59/1 There are some 5,000 landfill sites into which about 18 million tonnes of waste is disposed each year. < as lemmas |
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