| 词汇 | downcast-shaft |
| 释义 | BETA downcast shaftcollocation in Englishmeanings of downcastand shaftThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. downcast adjective uk /ˈdaʊn.kɑːst/ us /ˈdaʊn.kæst/ formal sad and ... See more at downcast shaft noun[ C ] uk /ʃɑːft/ us /ʃæft/ a pole or rod that forms the handle of a tool ... See more at shaft Examples of downcast shaftdowncast shaft I remember an instance when we could not work underground in a downcastshaft adjacent to a spoil heap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The one is an upcast shaft, and the other is a downcastshaft, and they did start, some 10 or 12 years ago, to sink a third shaft. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The men endeavoured to escape by charging along this road, and they had no knowledge that by going towards the downcastshaft they were diminishing their chance of escaping. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The downcastshaft being 418 yd deep and the up-cast 414 yd yards. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The colliery's downcastshaft was 2,058 feet deep and its workings extended over a mile to the south and about 1,300 yards to the north of the shaft. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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