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placer

/plas-er/US // ˈplæs ər //UK // (ˈplæsə) //

储料器,储户,储压器,储物者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Mining.

    • : a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
    • : the site of a form of mining in which a placer deposit is washed to separate the gold or other valuable minerals.

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Examples

  • Really I had the money, but I just had to spend it in buying the cabin and land that was the only entrance to the placer bed.

  • Since 1899 placer mining has increased considerably, although the greater part of the return has been from lode mining.

  • Mining claims are of two classes: lode or quartz claims, and placer claims.

  • Still lower down we came, on the following day, to a third placer, situated where the valley contracts to a trough.

  • Elles tendent placer nos troupes dans un dispositif leur permettant de prendre l'offensive dans un dlai assez rapproch.