| 单词 |
coaler |
| 释义 |
coaler|ˈkəʊlə(r)| [f. coal v. + -er.] 1. One employed in coaling steam-vessels.
1879J. W. Boddam-Whetham Roraima 31 They are coalers returning from their hard day's labour in the harbour. 2. A tender to a steam-ship.
1870Daily News 10 Oct., A turret-ship which should find itself cut off from its coaler, and compelled to give battle. 3. a. A railway employed in transporting coal from coal-mining districts. b. pl. Stocks or shares of coal-carrying railway companies. U.S.
1892Daily News 16 Feb. 6/6 Readings and other stocks reacted under realizations, but ‘coalers’ then gradually lost their prominence. 1897Ibid. 21 May 7/6 The feature of to-day's stock market was the remarkable weakness of Coalers. 1909Daily Chron. 17 Apr. 2/1 Coalers were again the best stocks in the Yankee market. |

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