英语词汇“working big”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

† working big adj. and n. Mining Obsolete (a) adj. large enough for a person to work in; (b) n. a space of this size.

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1730 F. Place Remarks Mines Swinard in Jrnls. House of Commons (1803) 22 191/1 It is a regular Spar Course; the deepest Place wrought is about Seven Fathom, where it is working big; and, in some Places, is Four or Five Foot over, mixed with good Ore.

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis iii. iii. 161 If it is not a working big,..he breaks down, if in an end, or digs up, if under his feet, all the poor part.

1850 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. iv. 546/2 Working-big, in mining, signifies sufficiently large for a man to work in.

1858 26th Ann. Rep. Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Soc. (List of Premiums & Prizes) 3 The relative expense of driving levels in granite or killas, ‘working big’, and of ordinary height.

单词	working big
释义	> as lemmas working big † working big adj. and n. Mining Obsolete (a) adj. large enough for a person to work in; (b) n. a space of this size. ΚΠ 1730 F. Place Remarks Mines Swinard in Jrnls. House of Commons (1803) 22 191/1 It is a regular Spar Course; the deepest Place wrought is about Seven Fathom, where it is working big; and, in some Places, is Four or Five Foot over, mixed with good Ore. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis iii. iii. 161 If it is not a working big,..he breaks down, if in an end, or digs up, if under his feet, all the poor part. 1850 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. iv. 546/2 Working-big, in mining, signifies sufficiently large for a man to work in. 1858 26th Ann. Rep. Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Soc. (List of Premiums & Prizes) 3 The relative expense of driving levels in granite or killas, ‘working big’, and of ordinary height. extracted from workingn. < as lemmas
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