workings
noun[plural]
uk/ˈwɜː.kɪŋz/us/ˈwɝː.kɪŋz/workingsnoun[plural](UNDER GROUND)
thesystemofholesthat has beendugin thegroundinordertoremovemetal,coal, etc.:
(金属矿、煤矿等的)巷道,矿坑disusedmine workings废弃的采矿巷道
- What I need is abookthat willdemystifythe workings of acarenginefor me.
- Psychologistsfocuson the workings of thenervoussystem,especiallythebrain.
- She has akeeninterestin the workings ofgovernment.
- Thenovelportrayedthedespairof anordinarymanentangledin the workings of abureaucraticlegalsystem.
- Theprocessiscrucialto the workings of thelivingcell.
Engineering - mining & quarrying
- anti-mine
- banksman
- biomining
- coal
- coal miner
- coal mining
- coalface
- coalfield
- excavator
- extract
- extractive
- mineral
- oilfield
- oilman
- OPEC
- petrodollar
- pithead
- prospect
- shaft
- strip mining
workingsnoun[plural](CALCULATIONS)
UK
thecalculationsyou do inordertoreachananswerto amathematicalproblem:
(数学)计算,运算(过程)Lay outnumericalsolutionsclearly,spacingout eachstageandshowingyourworkings.把数字答案列清楚,将每个解析阶段间隔开来,并且把运算过程写出来。
Calculations & calculating
- algebraic
- algebraically
- algo
- algorithmic
- amount
- calculator
- count
- formula
- guesstimate
- interpolate
- matrix
- miscalculation
- multigrid
- multigroup
- multipole
- non-commutative
- number-crunching
- QED
- root
- triangulation
workingsnoun[plural](OPERATION)
the workings ofsomething
the way that anorganization,machine, ororganismoperates:
(组织、机器或有机体的)运作方式,工作方法the workings ofgovernment政府的运转方式
I don'tknowanything about the workings of otherdepartmentsor about theorganizationas awhole.我根本不知道其他部门或整个组织是如何运转的。
Machines - Engines & motors
- clockwork
- electromotive
- engine
- exhaust
- motor
- multi-engine
- power-assisted
- servomechanism
- servomotor
- sprocket
- starter motor
- steam engine
- traction engine
- treadle
- turbo
- work
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Ways of achieving things