单词 | iron ore |
释义 | iron oren. The ore of iron; any of various rocks and minerals from which iron can be obtained by smelting.bog, spathic, specular iron ore, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > iron ore minea1425 iron ore1587 iron mine1616 iron man1683 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > ore > [noun] > iron-ore iron ore1587 1587 W. Bayley Briefe Discours Bathes Warwicke 12 For daily much iron ore is founde euerywhere. a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1652) xvii. 138 The manner of melting the Iron-oar. 1700 C. Leigh Nat. Hist. Lancs. iv. 80 Iron Ores there are of four sorts, as the Raddle-Ore, Clay-Ore, Blue Ore, and the Button-Ore. 1721 Mass. House of Representatives Jrnl. (1922) III. 23 A Petition..To take care of the Iron Oar belonging to the Town of Dorchester. 1858 H. D. Rogers Geol. Pennsylvania II. 732 The Cadent and Vergent rocks contain important bands of iron ore. 1885 Athenæum 21 Feb. 252/1 A concise account of the treatment of iron ores for the blast furnace. 1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) liii. 564 The iron ores of Lorraine are highly phosphorized. 1987 R. Godden Time to Dance (1989) 8 A puddler is the boy who mixes the melted iron ore as it flows from the furnaces. 2000 Times 2 Aug. i. 25/5 Saldanha Bay..is the transhipment point for iron ore brought down in mile-long trains. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1698 J. Lowther Let. 5 Apr. (1983) 556 The iron oar ships can doe the rest. 1780 West's Guide to Lakes (ed. 2) 40 At Adgarly the new iron ore works are carried on under the old workings. 1868 G. H. Cook Geol. New Jersey 55 The characteristic descent of the iron ore beds beneath the surface..is in the same direction with the strike. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 17 Dec. 3/2 Colliers, iron-ore miners, quarrymen. 1971 Physics Bull. Mar. 136/2 Major cooperative projects under consideration included..an iron ore pelletization plant in the USSR. 2010 Review (Rio Tinto) Dec. 5/2 It will be the largest greenfield iron ore project in the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1587 |
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