单词 | to case off |
释义 | > as lemmasto case off to case off transitive. To seal off (water, gas, rock debris, etc.) from a shaft or well by fitting it with a (typically impervious) lining. Cf. sense 3b. ΚΠ 1877 J. F. Carll Oil Well Rec. & Levels iv. 127 A ‘small hole’ must necessarily be a ‘wet’ one, for there is no room to case off the water while drilling. 1907 Rock Boring (Internat. Libr. Technol. No. 86) 30 The driller should know how to case off an undesirable product or pump what is desirable. 1969 U.S. Geol. Surv. Circular No. 619. 20 Blowouts can occur..if a shallow sand in weak ground is not cased off and is pressured by flow from a deep horizon, or if the casing in part of the well is defective. 2006 B. Misstear Water Wells & Boreholes v. 205 Casing off the zone of lost circulation can block off a potential aquifer from the final production well. < as lemmas |
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