| 单词 | man-engine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasman-engine man-engine n. a lift for carrying miners up or down a shaft consisting of a pair of reciprocating vertical rods with opposite motions and platforms fixed to them at intervals, the end points of the motion occurring when the platforms on the two rods are in line, so that by stepping back and forth between the rods a person may maintain a continuous ascent or descent. ΚΠ 1865 Morning Star 7 Jan. In a few mines the man-engine, which hoists and lowers the men, has been introduced. 1971 S. Howatch Penmarric (1972) iv. i. 372 You can't ride the man-engine to the bottom of the mine, boy, you're too small. You'd miss your footing and fall down the shaft. 1992 Mod. Painters Spring 54/2 One day at Levant Mine..there was an accident and some 200 men were lost as they were climbing on the Man-Engine to the surface. < as lemmas |
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