gasworks
/gas-wurks/US // ˈgæsˌwɜrks //UK // (ˈɡæsˌwɜːks) //
煤气厂,燃气厂,气厂,煤气公司
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural gas·works.
- : a plant where heating and illuminating gas is manufactured and piped to homes and buildings.
Examples
Pass the ruined gasworks and follow the main street shown in the photo below.
During the past twenty-four hours I have examined into the franchise of those gasworks.
The price of them gasworks, accordin' to the latest quotations, was sixty thousand—but liable to advance without notice.
The chimneys on the right bank are a long way off, the gasworks higher up are out of sight.
A Tramway or a Gasworks consists of two things: the actual plant, and the nominal capital which represents its value.
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