| 词汇 | gravel-pit |
| 释义 | gravel pit noun[ C ] uk /ˈɡræv.əl ˌpɪt/ us /ˈɡræv.əl ˌpɪt/ a place where gravel is dug out of the ground沙砾采掘坑 Engineering - mining & quarrying anti-mine banksman beneficiation biomining coal coal miner coal mining coalface excavator extract mineral mining OPEC petrodollar pit pithead slag heap strip mining unworked workings Examples of gravel pitgravel pit The gravelpit itself is used for angling purposes and is unsuitable as a feeding ground for birds because of its depth and steep sides. One specimen comes from a gravelpit, and another specimen was found buried in sediments below the marine limit. The gravelpit is utilized for angling purposes and comprises two lakes, which occasionally connect during rises in the water level. There is a dry gravelpit in close proximity used as a refuse tip which attracts large numbers of birds. Effects on a roach population in a gravelpit. We have decided to call in this proposal for industrial and commercial development on a former sand and gravelpit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Possibly it might be wanted for a gravelpit, for a smallholding or for an allotment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The gravelpit is one of the most likely examples. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A large gravelpit or series of gravel pits may be in the ownership of an organisation specially interested in gravel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unlike a gravelpit, a well is not easily seen, and not easily quantifiable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The site is a worked out gravelpit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the case of a gravelpit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They might fall, for instance, into a disused gravelpit, or branches of elm trees might fall upon them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That might make a neat regime, but it takes no account of the actual location of the gravelpit in a county. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The water in the gravelpit may come wholly or mainly from underground—which is normally where gravelpit water comes from. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of gravel pit These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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