| 单词 | standing fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstanding fire b. Mining. Designating a fire caused by flammable gas in a coal mine that typically smoulders for an extended period of time; (also) designating (a body of) such gas, esp. methane. Chiefly in standing fire, standing gas. Now chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1821 Glasgow Herald 29 Oct. The foul air..burst into the pit and ignited, but being what is called a standing fire soon went out. 1857 Trans. North of Eng. Inst. Mining Engineers 5 272 There were strong indications of fire..it was difficult to distinguish clearly whether these, or how much of them were attributable to the blast, and how much to the standing fire. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 238 Standing gas, a body of fire-damp known to exist in a mine, though fenced off. 1988 Okla. Reg. 5 All mines liberating any dangerous, explosive or noxious gases shall be kept free of standing gas. < as lemmas |
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