| 单词 | rock cutting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock cutting rock cutting n. (a) the action of excavating a passage for a canal, railway, etc., in rock; (b) the passage thus excavated (cf. rock cut n.). ΚΠ 1824 Supporter, & Scioto (Ohio) Gaz. 31 Jan. 1/3 In rock cutting, I have excavated perpendicular, and given the earth above the rock 4 feet increase of width. 1830 Reg. Pennsylvania 2 Jan. 9/2 At 36 chains the line crosses a gully with a considerable embankment and rock cuttings on both sides. 1873 ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age 420 Long rock cuttings, devoted to the advertisements of patent medicines. 1910 12th Rep. Michigan Acad. Sci. 47 The rock cutting for the new channel that is being made to facilitate navigation. 2008 Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph (Nexis) 20 Oct. 11 Network Rail has said it will start cutting the trees growing in a mile-long rock cutting it considers dangerous. < as lemmas |
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