| 释义 |
winze /wɪnz /noun MiningA shaft or inclined passage leading from one level to another, but not rising to the surface: a winze 50 feet deep...- A 60-foot winze connected the two working levels.
- He was not prepared to get his feet wet and didn't like the dark, so he told us to sort it out and dump it down a flooded winze.
- The company has decided to replace the old shaft and winze with a new 7,500-foot single lift.
Origin Mid 18th century: perhaps from wind2. |