释义 |
stockwork \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun Etymology: part translation of German stockwerk, from stock stick, stump, trunk of a tree (from Old High German stoc) + werk work — more at stock 1. : a system of working in ore when it lies not in strata or veins but in solid masses so as to be worked in chambers or stories 2. : a body or tract of rock so charged with veinlets, nests, or impregnations of ore and especially tin ore that it can be profitably mined |