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单词 coalface
释义

coalface

/ˈkəʊlfeɪs /
noun
An exposed surface of coal in a mine.Machines were brought into collieries from the 1920s to dig new roadways, ‘slice’ coal from the coalface and get the coal to the surface on a system of conveyor belts....
  • About 210 miners are still being employed to pump water from the mine, but the company insists that water has penetrated the coalface making the mine unsafe.
  • Seismic surveys on land approaching the village revealed the faulting - supported by evidence of geological disturbance in a coalface being prepared for production.

Phrases

at the coalface

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