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单词 mineshaft
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mineshaft in British English

(ˈmaɪnʃɑːft)
noun
a vertical passageway into a mine
trapped down an abandoned mineshaft
after plunging 25 feet down a disused Welsh mineshaft

Examples of 'mineshaft' in a sentence
mineshaft

The mineshaft at the front has been professionally capped.
The Sun (2012)
I am the canary in the mineshaft.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Near the end of the film her character falls down a mineshaft.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There's always someone with cancer, or losing their leg or stuck down a mineshaft.
The Sun (2015)
They constructed bunk beds, sawed a mattress in half to fit and plumbed a lavatory into an old tin mineshaft.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It was better, they said, to starve at home than underground, toiling in a hellish mineshaft.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
These are good canary-in-the-mineshaft indicators not only for insects but also for the birds and mammals that feed on them.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
When it comes to our ability to keep our planet habitable, air quality is the canary in the mineshaft.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
They threw the bodies down a mineshaft, only to discover that it was too shallow.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
As she lies bleeding, caked in mud and freezing in the dark mineshaft, the rescue teams search fruitlessly for her.
The Sun (2012)
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