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单词 coalfield
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Definition of coalfield in English:

coalfield

noun ˈkəʊlfiːldˈkoʊlˌfild
  • An extensive area containing a number of underground coal strata.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • With no new mines anticipated for the northern section of the coalfield the port's commodity hinterland had effectively vanished.
    • People here know there is a lot of ill health in the coalfields area, but the extent of it shocked everyone.
    • In the Heshan coalfield, all coals show a strong marine influence, as indicated by the very high organic sulphur contents in the coals.
    • Many of the coalfields are also in depressed areas.
    • The increasing impact of this group on national life was identified with dissenting religion and with rapid changes in manufacturing and industry, especially in the coalfield areas.
    • In the coalfields of the Appalachian Mountains, broomsedge dominates abandoned surface strip-mined areas, even after significant periods of time have elapsed since mining.
    • The trust, set up in 1990 to safeguard the site, is leading a scheme to regenerate the former coalfield area.
    • When the mine closed he moved to the Nottingham coalfield and stayed down there.
    • But in one central place it took hold: in the great opencast coalfields of Kolubara, some 30 miles south of Belgrade, which provide the fuel to generate more than half of Serbia's electricity.
    • During the last three centuries coal from the Yorkshire coalfields has been one of the world's major sources of power.
    • Our argument is that the job situation in the coalfield areas is not as good as it looks from the figures.
    • He was interested in the local rocks, and in 1791 set up for himself in the Somerset coalfield, where he was engaged in underground mine surveys and calculations of coal resources.
    • Any subsidence in the Selby coalfield will be nothing like as bad, he says.
    • The union's refusal to defend jobs has left mining communities throughout the Appalachian coalfields in a depression-like state.
    • In the west are the Ruhr coalfields, while in the east there are large lignite deposits.
    • When these pictures were taken, the Lancashire coalfield boasted over 350 mines.
    • It strikes back at the job losses experienced in the area's coalfields.
    • The coalfield was comparatively recent, however - mining only began there in 1983.
    • The bridge became redundant when the railway was diverted to avoid subsidence caused by the Selby coalfield.
    • The trust will take over responsibility for projects under way to transform former coalfields to woodland and open areas, including 12 across the Yorkshire region.

Rhymes

goldfield, Sutton Coldfield
 
 

Definition of coalfield in US English:

coalfield

nounˈkoʊlˌfildˈkōlˌfēld
  • An extensive area containing a number of underground coal deposits.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The bridge became redundant when the railway was diverted to avoid subsidence caused by the Selby coalfield.
    • Many of the coalfields are also in depressed areas.
    • Any subsidence in the Selby coalfield will be nothing like as bad, he says.
    • The union's refusal to defend jobs has left mining communities throughout the Appalachian coalfields in a depression-like state.
    • With no new mines anticipated for the northern section of the coalfield the port's commodity hinterland had effectively vanished.
    • In the coalfields of the Appalachian Mountains, broomsedge dominates abandoned surface strip-mined areas, even after significant periods of time have elapsed since mining.
    • Our argument is that the job situation in the coalfield areas is not as good as it looks from the figures.
    • During the last three centuries coal from the Yorkshire coalfields has been one of the world's major sources of power.
    • He was interested in the local rocks, and in 1791 set up for himself in the Somerset coalfield, where he was engaged in underground mine surveys and calculations of coal resources.
    • The trust, set up in 1990 to safeguard the site, is leading a scheme to regenerate the former coalfield area.
    • In the west are the Ruhr coalfields, while in the east there are large lignite deposits.
    • The coalfield was comparatively recent, however - mining only began there in 1983.
    • In the Heshan coalfield, all coals show a strong marine influence, as indicated by the very high organic sulphur contents in the coals.
    • People here know there is a lot of ill health in the coalfields area, but the extent of it shocked everyone.
    • The trust will take over responsibility for projects under way to transform former coalfields to woodland and open areas, including 12 across the Yorkshire region.
    • When these pictures were taken, the Lancashire coalfield boasted over 350 mines.
    • When the mine closed he moved to the Nottingham coalfield and stayed down there.
    • It strikes back at the job losses experienced in the area's coalfields.
    • But in one central place it took hold: in the great opencast coalfields of Kolubara, some 30 miles south of Belgrade, which provide the fuel to generate more than half of Serbia's electricity.
    • The increasing impact of this group on national life was identified with dissenting religion and with rapid changes in manufacturing and industry, especially in the coalfield areas.
 
 
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