单词 | rock beater |
释义 | > as lemmasrock beater rock beater n. †(a) (apparently) a variety of asbestos (obsolete rare); (b) a machine used to crush rocks. ΚΠ 1888 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 3 Oct. Besides this fine silken article which occupies the central parts of the vein there are outside..great bodies of what is called rock cork,..‘rock beaters’ and ‘rock wood,’ which are very similar to the rock cork. 1935 Discovery July 203/2 The rock is..crushed in rock beaters. 1994 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 29 Apr. 1 A man who was hurt in a machine called a rock beater at Florida Crushed Stone Co. has sued the company for negligence. < as lemmas |
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