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单词 big inch
释义

big inch

/ˌbɪɡ ˈɪn(t)ʃ/
originally and chiefly North American
adjective
Of an oil or natural gas pipeline: having a large diameter.
noun
1With the and capital initials. A large-diameter oil pipeline running from the Texas oilfields to the industrial north-east of the United States, laid during the Second World War (1939–45).
  • The pipeline was purchased from the United States government by the Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation in 1947, and is now used for natural gas..
2 Generally. A large-diameter pipeline for oil or natural gas.

Origin

1940s; earliest use found in Excavating Engineer. From big + inch.

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