| 单词 | colliery |
| 释义 | colliery noun[C] uk/ˈkɒl.i.ə.ri/us/ˈkɑːl.jɚ.i/acoalmineand all thebuildings,machines, etc.connectedwith it 煤矿Synonym pit Engineering - mining & quarrying
colliery| Business Englishcolliery noun[C] NATURAL RESOURCES,PRODUCTIONUKuk/ˈkɒljəri/usaminefrom whichcoalisdug, and all thebuildings,machines, etc.connectedwith it: TheEarthCentre isbuilton thesiteof aformercolliery. Examplesofcollierycolliery The men's rapid deterioration was attracting widespread concern in much the same waycollieryexplosions had in the first half of the nineteenth century. From theCambridge English Corpus The loss of mine, machinery, and manpower incollieryexplosions released a 'runaway train ' of social progress. From theCambridge English Corpus And once opened, an averagecollieryhad to employ between two hundred and five hundred men and boys. From theCambridge English Corpus The operators and their champions in the legal profession did everything possible to deny responsibility for the wave of deaths and injuries in their collieries. From theCambridge English Corpus By all accounts, thecollieryventure turned out to be very profitable. From theCambridge English Corpus Ventilation, too, was now to be entirely the responsibility of thecolliery; acollierycould be closed down if the air was bad. From theCambridge English Corpus Most of his paintings depict scenes fromcollierylife with moving, often brutal, realism. From theCambridge English Corpus A self-taught artist, who worked in acollieryfor only a short period, his experiences there were seared indelibly on his memory. From theCambridge English Corpus Roseman argues that thecollierymanagers were restrained mainly by the political priorities of the mines' central co-ordination board. From theCambridge English Corpus In the old days, an individual miner could save a few dollars, lease an outcrop from a landowner, drive his own drift, and become acollieryoperator. From theCambridge English Corpus Government had originally proposed to simply extend the jurisdiction ofcollieryregulation to the non-ferrous sectors, as they had done previously with ironstone, rather than enact fresh legislation. From theCambridge English Corpus Thecollierycompany have a gang of men at work on temporary remedial measures, and there appears to be no danger to life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is hardly acollierycompany in the country that is not working at least one day a week short, entirely due to this reason. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We want information as to the position of the whole of the collieries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have acollieryin the same district where the men have been receiving unemployment benefit for 13 weeks. 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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