单词 | mine surveyor |
释义 | > as lemmasmine surveyor mine surveyor n. an official responsible for inspecting mineworkings to assess safety, yield, etc. ΚΠ 1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) (S. Staffs.) Mine Surveyor, a person who dials the working of a colliery as often as requisite, and makes plans of the mines got and ungot. 1909 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1908 39 899 Our mine-surveyors recognize, but do not employ, the old usage of ‘dip’ and ‘pitch’ interchangeably. 1949 Dict. National Biogr. 1931–40 at Hocking, Silas Kitto He intended to be a mine surveyor, but in 1869 was accepted as a candidate for the ministry of the United Methodist Free Church. 2010 Sowetan (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 12 Oct. A mine surveyor is usually responsible for carrying out feasibility studies to assess the financial viability of the project as well as its environmental impact. < as lemmas |
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