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open-pit

/oh-puhn-pit/US // ˈoʊ pənˌpɪt //

露天矿场,露天开采,露天矿井,露天煤矿

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Mining.

    • : noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which massive, usually metallic mineral deposits are removed by cutting benches in the walls of a broad, deep funnel-shaped excavation.

Examples

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

  • 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?’

  • Open-carry activists are known for baiting cops into on-camera arguments about the Second Amendment and state laws.

  • 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.

  • With the management of these, however, the Earl of Pit Town did not trouble himself.