| 单词 | mine shaft |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmine shaft mine shaft n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > shaft groovea1400 shaft1433 sink1557 mine pit1587 sinking1613 footway1778 shank1790 mine shaft1818 1818 Philos. Mag. 52 15 From these ponds the water is conducted by small canals, and falls through water-tight cast-iron pipes erected perpendicularly in the mine shaft. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. iv. 10/1 On the whole, as in opening new mine-shafts is not unreasonable, there is much rubbish in his Book. 1971 Daily Tel. 22 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 22/2 Aerial thermography has been used to locate old mineshafts, and coal seams burning underground. 2013 R. M. Haynes Ore Knob Mine Murders Introd. 5 He is forced at gunpoint to shove the blindfolded victim into a mine shaft in Ashe County, North Carolina. < as lemmas |
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