| 词汇 | spontaneous-combustion |
| 释义 | spontaneous combustion noun[ U ] uk /spɒnˌteɪ.ni.əs kəmˈbʌs.tʃən/ us /spɑːnˌteɪ.ni.əs kəmˈbʌs.tʃən/ a situation in which something suddenly starts to burn without any obvious cause自燃 Burning, burnt & on fire afire aflame alight blaze burn (something) down burn sb up burned out burnt out char consume flare frazzled inflammable on fireidiom post-burn reignite scald scorch self-immolation unburnable Examples of spontaneous combustionspontaneous combustion These were devoted to building construction, electrical safeguards, oils and spontaneouscombustion, fire surveys, losses and insurance. I attach great importance to its operation in regard to the prevention of fires by spontaneouscombustion in the mines themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the principal recognised causes of gob fires is where you get falls of roof, consequent leakage, consequent heating, and consequent spontaneouscombustion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When an old pit heap burns it is not spontaneouscombustion but because of perfectly well-defined movement or friction in the subsoil beneath the surface. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It gets in among the metal and there is a tendency to create spontaneouscombustion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When is a pit-heap liable to spontaneouscombustion? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of it is virtually a candidate for spontaneouscombustion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Several fires have occurred in film stripping works where spontaneouscombustion was suggested as a possible cause. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Spontaneouscombustion is still a real danger, and with it would come the total loss of deep mining in the area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not convinced that there is any evidence about spontaneouscombustion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They showed that the risk of spontaneouscombustion in coal heaps can be substantially reduced if reasonable precautions are taken. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would add that almost all are liable, in certain circumstances, to spontaneouscombustion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Apart from that, many of these spoil heaps are liable to spontaneouscombustion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It deals only with the bing which is liable to spontaneouscombustion, and that is very difficult to determine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are the questions of water pumping, pit shaft capping, methane control, spontaneous combustion underground, land subsidence and the toxic pollution of land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of spontaneous combustion 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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