| 单词 | black damp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack damp black damp n. Mining air that is unbreathable owing to a high content of carbon dioxide; = choke-damp n.; cf. damp n.1 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > noxious vapour or gas > in mines > choke-damp stanch1693 suffocating damp1695 stythe1708 surfeit1708 black damp1736 choke-damp1766 afterdamp1813 white damp1817 stanch-air1883 1736 Lett. from Moor at London 11 Divers colliers ventur'd down at different times..but perceiving a black damp in the work.., were as often obliged to return. 1836 Scenes of Commerce 334 The miners..also meet with foul air, called by them the black damp..which suffocates the instant it is inhaled. 1914 Amer. Jrnl. Pharmacy 86 370 How does the admixture of black-damp modify the respirability of mine air? 1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 29 Jan. 18 His own father had died from breathing in black damp as an oversman down the pit. < as lemmas |
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