| 单词 | white damp |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite damp white damp n. Mining carbon monoxide gas; cf. black damp n. at black adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a), firedamp n., etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisonous exhalation > in mines or stagnant pools dampa1592 stanch1693 suffocating damp1695 stythe1708 surfeit1708 choke-damp1766 afterdamp1813 white damp1817 marsh gas1848 stanch-air1883 the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > noxious vapour or gas > in mines > choke-damp stanch1693 suffocating damp1695 stythe1708 surfeit1708 black damp1736 choke-damp1766 afterdamp1813 white damp1817 stanch-air1883 1817 J. Sutcliffe Short Introd. Study Geol. 55 On raising his candle toward the middle, it began to burn with a bright flame, arising from a mixture of oxygen: this he called the white damp. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 191 White-damp, a poisonous gas sometimes (more rarely than fire-damp or choke-damp, etc.), encountered in coal mines. 2003 B. Freese Coal iii. 48 The second gas plaguing the miners was ‘white damp,’ which is carbon monoxide. < as lemmas |
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