| 单词 | slag pile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslag pile a. With the sense ‘consisting of an accumulation of slag’ (esp. from the tipping of industrial waste in large quantities), as in slag mound, slag pile, slag tip, etc. Π 1811 Philos. Mag. 37 162/1 (table) Slag Hills, 2d Grit, very high. 1870 Northern Echo 8 Apr. 4/5 He desposed that he saw Eliza Rorke on the top of the slag tip at the works at about seven o'clock a.m. 1910 Horseless Age 10 Aug. 194/2 The surface of the slag bank soon solidifies, but, where the product is poured from several large furnaces, the banks formed remain warm for a long time. 1955 J. R. R. Tolkien Return of King 374 Frodo reaches the slag-mounds. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day vii. 130 The prevailing wind brought the acrid smell of slag-tips from the Mansfield collieries. 2016 Daily Mirror (N. Ireland ed.) (Nexis) 16 Dec. Another adult, possibly a woman, orders them up the slag pile to continue their back-breaking work. < as lemmas |
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