英语词汇“fire bank”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fire bank n. now rare a bank of burning or readily combustible material, either natural or artificial; (Mining) a spoil heap that spontaneously ignites.The meaning in quot. 1682 is uncertain. It may refer to a fire beacon on the summit of Berwick Law, East Lothian.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > produced in boring, mining, or dredging > bank or mound of > which ignites spontaneously

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1682 ‘Mother Greg’ Burgess Ticket Buckhaven 3 He was subject to great Travel, rowing and sailing over high and sandy places in the Sea,..taking up by marks on the Land, the Fire-bank of Berwick-law, Carlick-muire, and Great-law.

1880 Oxf. Times 2 Oct. 8/2 This was of a thick bank of sawdust, shavings, and odd bits of wood... On each side of this fire bank, and within the chimney place was a seat.

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Fire-bank, a spoil-bank which takes fire spontaneously.

1911 U.S. Patent 993,590 1/1 The clay or earth is placed upon the long bank of fire... After the clay has been placed on the fire bank and has been burned for a certain length of time, [etc.].

1945 I. Jones High Bonnet x. 118 He rolled cigarettes..and smoked with one eye upon the joints turning at his fire bank opposite, the flames licking and sputtering in a sullen conflagration.

1950 A. V. Mitchell & I. B. Crawford Camp Counseling xxv. 269 A reflector fire..consists of a firebank of three or four logs stacked up against a couple of upright supports driven into the ground.

单词	fire bank
释义	> as lemmas fire bank fire bank n. now rare a bank of burning or readily combustible material, either natural or artificial; (Mining) a spoil heap that spontaneously ignites.The meaning in quot. 1682 is uncertain. It may refer to a fire beacon on the summit of Berwick Law, East Lothian. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > produced in boring, mining, or dredging > bank or mound of > which ignites spontaneously fire bank1682 1682 ‘Mother Greg’ Burgess Ticket Buckhaven 3 He was subject to great Travel, rowing and sailing over high and sandy places in the Sea,..taking up by marks on the Land, the Fire-bank of Berwick-law, Carlick-muire, and Great-law. 1880 Oxf. Times 2 Oct. 8/2 This was of a thick bank of sawdust, shavings, and odd bits of wood... On each side of this fire bank, and within the chimney place was a seat. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Fire-bank, a spoil-bank which takes fire spontaneously. 1911 U.S. Patent 993,590 1/1 The clay or earth is placed upon the long bank of fire... After the clay has been placed on the fire bank and has been burned for a certain length of time, [etc.]. 1945 I. Jones High Bonnet x. 118 He rolled cigarettes..and smoked with one eye upon the joints turning at his fire bank opposite, the flames licking and sputtering in a sullen conflagration. 1950 A. V. Mitchell & I. B. Crawford Camp Counseling xxv. 269 A reflector fire..consists of a firebank of three or four logs stacked up against a couple of upright supports driven into the ground. extracted from firen.int. < as lemmas
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