| 单词 | pit-shaft |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspit-shaft pit-shaft n. (shaft n.3) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > shaft > of coal-mine pit1669 coal shaft1708 pit-shaft1708 1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 14 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) [Corves] halled all along the Barrow-way to the Pit-Shaft. 1886 H. Caine Son of Hagar ii. vi The head-gear of the pit-shaft. 1958 Daily Express 11 Mar. 7/1 An escape of radium at a hospital led to the dumping of tons of material down a disused pit shaft. 2002 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 7 Aug. 20 The story of the nine Pennsylvania coal miners who spent 77 hours trapped in a flooded pitshaft is to be made into a TV film by Walt Disney. < as lemmas |
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