单词 | safety lamp |
释义 | safety lamp (once / 73412 pages) n WORD FAMILY safety lamp: safety lamps USAGE EXAMPLESTo remedy this crying evil Davy bent the whole force of his brilliant intellect, and after much thought invented the Safety Lamp. Robertson, A. Fraser, The Boyhood of Great Inventors(2011) But still more dangerous is the adventurous miner who, for some reason, opens his safety lamp. Corbin, Thomas W., Marvels of Scientific Invention—An...(2011) This proved a perfect protection from fire-damp, and the Davy safety lamp has been used by miners the world over for more than a century. Burns, Elmer Ellsworth, The Story of Great Inventions(2011) n an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane) Syn|Hyper Davy lamp kerosene lamp, kerosine lamp, oil lamp a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light |
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