| 释义 |
opencut
I. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ noun
1. : a mine working in which excavation is performed from the surface — compare strip mine
2. : a trench for the passage of a roadway or railway through an obstruction (as a hill) — distinguished from tunnel
II. adverb (or adjective)
: with the surface exposed to the air or worked from the exposed surface
< an opencut iron mine >
< a copper mine worked opencut > |