| 单词 | collier |
| 释义 | collier noun[C] uk/ˈkɒl.i.ər/us/ˈkɑːl.jɚ/formal acoal miner 煤矿工人（同 coal miner）ashipused forcarryingcoal 运煤船 Bettmann/GettyImages Engineering - mining & quarrying
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Passenger, cargo & military ships collier| Business Englishcollier noun[C] NATURAL RESOURCESUKuk/ˈkɒliər/usapersonwhoworksin amineremovingcoalfrom theground Examplesofcolliercollier References to affrays with poaching colliers frequently appear in the portraits of gamekeepers in this journal. From theCambridge English Corpus Since the introduction of regulation in 1850, occupational mortality had steadily improved amongst colliers. From theCambridge English Corpus In the course of this inspection a shaft collapses, trapping him and fourteen colliers. From theCambridge English Corpus On the contrary, it makes no provision for farmers, colliers, common laborers, carters, and carpenters without whom there would be no commonwealth at all. From theCambridge English Corpus The specific vulnerability of colliers is certainly not a new phenomenon. From theCambridge English Corpus Serious incursions from the colliers occurred in 1727, 1731, 1735 and 1738. From theCambridge English Corpus However, this differential is more pronounced among labourers and colliers, suggesting that, at the lower social levels, harsher conditions preyed more on the vulnerable and sharpened this selective effect. From theCambridge English Corpus Although the number of vessels engaged in the trade shrank somewhat, the sailing colliers which had been around 100 tons in the seventeenth century were averaging 312 by 1730. From theCambridge English Corpus The colliers' skill, seniority and, even, knowledge of technical terms are often not transferable from pit to pit, let alone village to village, district to district, or coalfield to coalfield. From theCambridge English Corpus Furthermore, colliers evidence the greatest mortality differential, a feature which may tend to confirm the hypothesis that, as a group, they suffered the long-term latent penalties of heavy labour. From theCambridge English Corpus Discharging colliers took up wharfage. From theCambridge English Corpus The similarities in terms of economic and cultural outlook and behaviour between the colliers and their labouring counterparts demonstrated in the preceding sections inevitably draw attention to issues of class. From theCambridge English Corpus Weavers had been involved in major disturbances in 1729-30 and 1735, and colliers on a number of occasions following the introduction of turnpikes in 1727. From theCambridge English Corpus There was apparently little to separate these colliers and their labouring colleagues in terms of the nature, location and meaning of some of the most popular pastimes. From theCambridge English Corpus In mining areas many miners and colliers worked at the pit head or as time keepers. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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