| 单词 | communication trough |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommunication trough C2. With the sense ‘constituting or providing a physical means of communication; linking, connecting’, as communication pipe, communication trough, etc. See also communication trench n. at Compounds 3a. ΚΠ 1687 Philos. Trans. 1686–7 (Royal Soc.) 16 265 The bigness assigned for the communication-Pipes will..prove more than sufficient to this effect. ?1761 J. Grundy et al. Rep. Present State River Witham 21 To erecting a New Sluice at Anthony's Gowt and making the communication Cut. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Fire-ship Two troughs of communication from each door of the fire-room to the sally-ports, must be laid..: also a cross-piece to go from the sally-port..to the communication trough. 1846 Sci. Amer. 26 Dec. 110/4 A magazine..with an iron pipe ascending from its top, connected with the traction and communication pipes. 1886 Chambers's Jrnl. 3 698/2 Every shaft has now a communication pit. 1916 Fort Wayne (Indiana) 19 Feb. 11/3 One [target] was an enemy trench 350 yards away, another was a communication sap 500 yards off. 1984 Times 30 May 2/4 At Dodworth pit..a vital communication tunnel has been reduced by geological pressures from 12 feet to three feet for nearly half a mile. 1995 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 23 Dec. 4 A West Coast conductor locked the carriage's communication doors before it travelled to Geelong in the morning. < as lemmas |
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