| 单词 | sump hole |
| 释义 | > as lemmassump hole sump hole n. a pit or hole (either in a mine or at ground level) used to collect water or other liquids; a cesspool; also figurative (cf. cesspool n. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > well water piteOE wellOE pitOE pulkc1300 draw-wellc1410 draught-wellc1440 winchc1440 brine-well1594 salt spring1601 sump1680 pump well1699 spout-well1710 sump hole1754 pit-well1756 sink1804 bucket-well1813 artesian well1829 shallow well1877 dip-well1894 garland-well1897 village pump1925 the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [noun] > for evaporating salt sump1680 sump hole1754 saltgardens1848 society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > reservoir or sump sump1633 sump hole1754 standage1842 dib-hole1883 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > sewage treatment > [noun] > use of cesspools or lagoons > cesspool or pit sink1413 midden pita1425 sinkhole1456 suspiralc1512 sentine1537 dung pit1598 muck pit1598 sinker1623 bumby1632 sump1680 sump hole1754 jaw-hole1760 recess1764 cesspool1783 dead-hole1856 soil-tank1861 cesspit1864 lagoon1909 sewage lagoon1930 1754 Acct. 5 Oct. in Denison Family Papers (W. Yorks. Archive Service: WYL160/129/4) Dressing the Sumphole. 1840 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 2 404 Why is it that parts of the North-east and North-west wards are germs of fever and hot-beds of disease? Because sump-holes, stagnant water, and inundated or damp cellars everywhere abound in them. 1919 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 58 327 Well-constructed trenches are floored with a duckboard path and under-drained by a gutter with occasional sumpholes which are emptied by suction pumps. 1955 S. J. Perelman Let. 20 Nov. in Don't tread on Me (1987) 180 Someone a good deal more articulate than me will have to chronicle the miles of cheap shoe-stores, costume jewelry booths,..not to mention the tide of raddled faces that undulates past... This really is the sump-hole of the universe. 2006 J. Nadin Lancs. Mining Disasters i. iv. 25 Rescuers descended into the sump hole where the mine water collects at the shaft bottom. < as lemmas |
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