| 单词 | spontaneous combustion |
| 释义 | spontaneous combustion noun[U] uk/spɒnˌteɪ.ni.əs kəmˈbʌs.tʃən/us/spɑːnˌteɪ.ni.əs kəmˈbʌs.tʃən/asituationin which somethingsuddenlystartstoburnwithout anyobviouscause 自燃Burning, burnt & on fire
Examplesofspontaneous combustionspontaneous combustion These were devoted to building construction, electrical safeguards, oils andspontaneouscombustion, fire surveys, losses and insurance. From theCambridge English Corpus I attach great importance to its operation in regard to the prevention of fires byspontaneouscombustionin the mines themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the principal recognised causes of gob fires is where you get falls of roof, consequent leakage, consequent heating, and consequentspontaneouscombustion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When an old pit heap burns it is notspontaneouscombustionbut because of perfectly well-defined movement or friction in the subsoil beneath the surface. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It gets in among the metal and there is a tendency to createspontaneouscombustion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When is a pit-heap liable tospontaneouscombustion? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of it is virtually a candidate forspontaneouscombustion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Several fires have occurred in film stripping works wherespontaneouscombustionwas suggested as a possible cause. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Spontaneouscombustionis still a real danger, and with it would come the total loss of deep mining in the area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not convinced that there is any evidence aboutspontaneouscombustion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They showed that the risk ofspontaneouscombustionin coal heaps can be substantially reduced if reasonable precautions are taken. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would add that almost all are liable, in certain circumstances, tospontaneouscombustion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Apart from that, many of these spoil heaps are liable tospontaneouscombustion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It deals only with the bing which is liable tospontaneouscombustion, and that is very difficult to determine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are the questions of water pumping, pit shaft capping, methane control,spontaneouscombustion underground, land subsidence and the toxic pollution of land. 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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