| 单词 | coaling station |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoaling station coaling station n. a port designed and used for loading coal, esp. (now historical) to supply steam vessels with fuel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > place to renew supplies > of coal coaling station1840 coaling place1844 coaling base1884 1840 R. Bourne 8 June in Sessional Papers (House of Lords) (1841) XIX. 36 The advantages of price in the article of coal is greatly overbalanced by the imperfections of the port, to avoid which the owners of the Peninsula mail steamers removed their coaling station to Stonehouse Pool. 1884 Ann. Reg. 261 The coaling stations on the road to Australia. 1991 S. Winchester Pacific (1992) 88 There are virtually no deciduous trees, aside from a few beeches seen halfway along the Strait near the modern coaling-station of Punta Arenas. < as lemmas |
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