| 单词 | coal smoke |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoal smoke coal smoke n. dense smoke produced by the burning of coal; cf. wood smoke n. at wood n.1 Compounds 1b(b)(i). ΚΠ 1652 A. Ross Hist. World Brief Chronol. sig. Llll3v He..is stifled in his bed with coal-smoke. 1784 W. Moss Familiar Med. Surv. Liverpool 33 Few of the most hardy trees and vegetables will live..in the center of a large town. They are injured and destroyed by the coal smoke. 1816 Leeds Mercury 6 Jan. 4/2 An economical discovery which will relieve great cities from the intolerable nuisance of coal smoke, has been recently made public. 1920 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 75/3 The subsequent chemical analysis disproved the accepted opinion that the coal smoke was less dense than fumes from the smeltery. 1994 K. Kelly Out of Control x. 180 The power plant also precipitates pollutants from its coal smoke in the form of calcium sulfate. 2013 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 9 Feb. 5 The comforting rhythm of the wheels on the track mixed with the familiar scent of coal smoke. < as lemmas |
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