| 单词 | smokestack |
| 释义 | smokestack noun[C] uk/ˈsməʊk.stæk/us/ˈsmoʊk.stæk/atall,verticalpipethattakessmokeorsteaminto theairfrom anenginedrivenbysteamor from afactory 大烟囱 GA161076/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Parts of buildings: vents & ventilation
smokestack| American Dictionarysmokestack noun[C] us/ˈsmoʊkˌstæk/atall,verticalpipethrough whichsmokeorsteamleavesabuildingorengine smokestack| Business Englishsmokestack noun[C] uk/ˈsməʊkstæk/usatallchimneyon afactory: Residentscomplainedthatfumesfrom the smokestacks madebreathingdifficult. If Los Angeles canreducetheemissionscoming fromitssmokestacks,itsresidentswillgenerallybreathecleanerair. Examplesofsmokestacksmokestack Mining activities have significantly altered the landscape, the skyline is dominated by smokestacks and buildings towering over the stark area where silver and lead had been extracted. From theCambridge English Corpus So is the fact that local air and water quality tends to improve with the expansion of the service sector and the relocation ofsmokestackindustries. From theCambridge English Corpus But this increase in scale brought coal mining into the same economic sphere as the othersmokestackindustries of the time, including the railroads and iron manufacturing. From theCambridge English Corpus That fight was not a fight for asmokestackindustry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am led to believe that the company takes samples from thesmokestackand from various other parts of the plant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not asmokestackindustry to be decently buried; it is not a lame duck industry producing an unwanted product at an unacceptable price. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We were often told that changes were inevitable as old outdatedsmokestackindustries declined. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I said that our labour-intensive,smokestackindustries had been replaced by modern industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no longer viable forsmokestackindustries to operate under outdated practices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Work used to be in the oldsmokestackindustries, which were not conducive to women. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The north-west has a proud record in new industries and new technologies, but too often it is linked with thesmokestackindustries of the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What was the benefit of the subsidising of out-of-date,smokestack, environmentally polluting industries? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The shipping industry is emphatically not asmokestackindustry that is simply looking for handouts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They always look back to the oldsmokestackindustries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some people talk about some of our older established industries almost with contempt, calling them thesmokestackindustries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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