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/oh-puhn-kuht/US // ˈoʊ pənˌkʌt //

明挖,敞开式切割,露天作业,敞开式

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Mining.

    • : noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches.

Examples

  • When it became too crowded, they moved her into an open casket on the street.

  • In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?

  • Now it can't open on my phone due to what appears to be software incompatibility.

  • Some of them would open up deep splits in core Democratic constituencies.

  • And of course, Rod, being Rod, goes for it a hundred percent; his mouth drops open and he says, ‘What?’

  • If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.

  • Then there was Wee Wo,—he was a little Chinese chap, and we used to send him down the chimneys to open front doors for us.

  • Let them open their minds to us, let them put upon permanent record the significance of all their intrigues and manœuvres.

  • The doors (Indian bungalows have hardly any windows, each door being half glass) were open front and back.

  • It was close upon twelve o'clock, and the "Rooms" had been open to the public for two hours.