| 单词 | mine-dump |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmine-dump mine-dump n. originally and chiefly South African a hill of solidified crushed quartz built up from the residue of gold-mining operations; (now also) such a hill composed of the overburden from other mining operations (cf. dump n.4 1a). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [noun] > mining refuse or rubbish rough1677 old man1747 small1778 stent1778 vestry1784 gobbin1811 spoil1838 stowing1860 dump1865 muck1883 spoil-heap1883 mine-dump1909 1909 Westm. Gaz. 11 Feb. 3/3 Such statements as that..a mine dump can contain 40,000 tons, and that such a dump consists of 10 per cent. of pitchblende. 1927 Jrnl. Ecol. 15 47 The..flood-deposits..are remarkably copious and rough in character, owing to the presence of so many exposed mine-dumps near the streams in the hill-districts. 1990 N. Gordimer My Son's Story 37 A black landscape with only our mountains, the mine-dumps, yellow in the shadowless light. < as lemmas |
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