| 单词 | shot-firer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshot-firer shot-firer n. (a) a man employed to fire the shot (sense 7f) in blasting; (b) an electrical device for detonating the shot. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with other materials > [noun] > with explosives > others portfire1629 port-feu1802 exploder1820 detonator1822 safety fuse1832 shooting-tool1855 magneto-exploder1869 shot-firer1883 initiator1915 booster1917 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who fires shot in mine shot-lighter?1881 shot-firer1883 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 219 Shot firer, a man specially appointed by the manager of a mine to fire off every shot in a certain number of stalls or heads during the shift. 1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 60 Shot firer, the person appointed to fire shots in fiery workings. 1891 C. Pamely Colliery Manager's Handbk. xiv. 472 Shots are fired by the aid of litter straws, paper squibs.., safety fuze or by an electric shot-firer. 1939 G. Heyer No Wind of Blame xvi. 315 ‘What's that thing called that they use in mines when they want to blast? Electrical thing they touch off the dynamite with?’ ‘A shot-firer, do you mean?’ 1973 ‘J. Patrick’ Glasgow Gang Observed xvii. 140 He began work as a shot firer in a factory close to the approved school. < as lemmas |
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