winze

/winz/US // wɪnz //UK // (wɪnz) //

微小的,微小,渺小,渺小的

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Mining.
- : a vertical or inclined shaft driven downward from a drift into an orebody.

Winze, winz, n. in mining, a small ventilating shaft between two levels.
It was easy for a man to fall down an uncovered winze in a strange mine.
They seized Oliver by the arms and dragged him hastily towards the nearest winze that led upward.
They were in a level which the water entered, not by flowing along or descending, but, by rising up through a winze.
On hearing the noise they ran to this winze, and, looking down, saw the water boiling and roaring far below.