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单词 gas main
释义

gas main


noun

a large pipe for conducting and distributing gas to lesser pipes or ducts, especially such a pipe carrying and distributing household gas beneath the streets of a town or city.

Origin of gas main

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby gas main

gas lighter, gas-liquid chromatography, gas liquor, gaslit, gas log, gas main, gasman, gas mantle, gas mask, gas meter, gasogene
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Example sentences from the Web for gas main

  • Somewhere a gas-main burst with a roar and drove the crowd back with its choking fumes as no human hands could have done.

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British Dictionary definitions for gas main

gas main

noun

a large pipeline in which gas is carried for distribution through smaller pipes to consumers
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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