| 单词 | coaling station |
| 释义 | coal /kōl/noun
To take in coal transitive verb
ORIGIN: OE col; cognate with ON kol, Ger Kohle coalˈer noun A ship or train which transports coal coalˈy adjective
coalˈball noun A calcareous nodule found in coal coalˈ-bed noun A stratum of coal coalˈ-black adjective Black as coal, very black coalˈ-box noun
coalˈ-brass noun Iron pyrites found with coal coal bunker noun A box, recess or compartment for storing coal coal cellar noun A cellar or similar place for storing coal coalˈ-cutter noun A machine for undercutting a coal-bed coal dust noun Coal in fine powder coalˈface noun The exposed surface of coal in a mine (see also at the coalface below) coalˈfield noun A district or area containing coal strata coalˈ-fired adjective Burning or fuelled by coal coalˈfish noun A dusky fish (Pollachius virens) of the cod family (also called coley, saithe or (US) pollack) coalˈ-flap or coalˈ-plate noun A flap or plate covering the entrance from the pavement to a coal cellar coal gas noun The mixture of gases produced by the distillation of coal, used for lighting and heating coal heaver noun A person employed to carry or move coal coal hole noun
coalˈhouse noun A covered-in place for keeping coal coaling station noun A port at which ships take on coal coalˈman noun A man who sells and carries coal coalˈmaster noun The owner or lessee of a coalfield Coal Measures plural noun (geology) The uppermost division of the Carboniferous coal merchant noun A dealer in coal coalˈmine or coalˈpit noun A mine or pit from which coal is dug coalˈminer noun coal mouse see coal tit below. coal oil noun (N American) Rock oil, shale-oil, paraffin coal owner noun Someone who owns a colliery coal plant noun A fossil plant of the Carboniferous strata coalˈ-porter noun A person who carries coal coal pot noun A cooking device consisting of an iron grid over a raised iron bowl containing charcoal Coal Sack noun (astronomy) A dark patch in the Milky Way coal scuttle noun A fireside container for holding coal coal tar noun A thick, black, opaque liquid formed when coal is distilled coal tit or cole tit noun A dark species of tit (Parus ater), with greyish plumage on its back and a black head marked with white patches at the nape (also coal titmouse, cole titmouse or coal mouse) coalˈ-trimmer noun Someone who stores or shifts coal on board vessels coalˈ-whipper noun Someone who unloads coal on board vessels at the coalface (figurative)
blow the coals To excite passion, foment strife carry coals to Newcastle To take a thing where it is already most abundant haul or call over the coals To reprimand, from the discipline applied to heretics heap coals of fire on someone's head To excite someone's remorse and repentance by returning good for evil (from Bible, Romans 12.20) |
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