Word · Frequency #25094
gasworks
煤气厂
核心释义
gasworks
- 1.
煤气厂,生产或分配煤气的工厂(工业或民用)。
A factory where gas is generated or distributed (whether for industrial consumption or for residential distribution).
煤气厂,生产或分配煤气的工厂(工业或民用)。
用法In use
The old gasworks closed in the 1980s after natural gas replaced town gas.
用法提示:gasworks 在此句中作名词,指制造煤气的工厂场所。
They plan to turn the abandoned gasworks into a public park.
用法提示:gasworks 在此句中作名词,表示被改造利用的煤气厂。
He got a job at the gasworks repairing pipes.
用法提示:gasworks 在此句中作名词,用作地点,表示煤气厂。
a gasworks
gasworks 单复数同形,常与单数动词连用。
A gasworks was built here in 1880.
1880年这里建起了一座煤气厂。
the gasworks
The gasworks has been demolished to make way for housing.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- gasworks site
- 煤气厂场地
- The gasworks site has been redeveloped into offices.煤气厂场地已被改造成办公楼。
- abandoned gasworks
- 废弃的煤气厂
- An abandoned gasworks still stands on the edge of town.小镇边缘仍矗立着一座废弃的煤气厂。
- former gasworks
- 原煤气厂
- The former gasworks is now a museum.原煤气厂现在是博物馆。
- gasworks chimney
- 煤气厂烟囱
- The gasworks chimney was a local landmark.煤气厂烟囱是当地的地标。
- gasworks manager
- 煤气厂经理
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆:gas(煤气)+ works(工厂)→ 煤气厂。想象工厂烟囱喷出煤气味的黑烟。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:工业历史、市政规划、地方志 gasworks 通常用于正式或历史性语境,指生产煤气的老式工厂;日常口语中较少使用,更常见的说法是 gas plant 或 gas factory。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词大多以 /wɜːks/ 结尾(clockwork 除外),与 gasworks 最后的 -works 发音相同。但 gasworks 的重音在 gas-(/ˈɡæs.../),所以这些词都不与 gasworks 押韵。注意:clockwork 拼写相似,但词尾是 /wɜːk/,没有 /s/,发音不一样。
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