| 单词 |
pass-by |
| 释义 |
pass-by|ˈpɑːsˌbaɪ, -æ-|
[f. pass v. + by adv.]
†1. The act of passing by. Obs. rare.
1550Cranmer Defence 73 This is the Lordes Passeby, or Passeouer, euen so sayth Christ in the newe Testament. 1661Glanvill Van. Dogm. 66 We see the face of Truth, but as we do one anothers, when we walk the streets, in a careless Pass-by.
†2. ? = Passer by, by-passer. Obs. rare.
1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 135 There is alwaies some dogge in the dorter of Gods Church waking, readie to barke at euerie passe-by out of the way.
3. Mining.
a. A siding in a working, where trucks, etc. can pass one another.
1883Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining s.v., A plan of a pass-by as sometimes constructed upon a self-acting inclined plane. 1892Daily News 3 Mar. 5/7 ‘Pass-bys’, as they are called, have to be placed at short intervals along all passages in which there is less than about 4½ feet of clear space between the rails and the wall. 1911Act 1 & 2 Geo. V c. 50 §43(3) Where, in the case of any mine, sets or trains of tubs are coupled or uncoupled at the face, or at the pass-bye next the face. 1967Gloss. Mining Terms (B.S.I.) x. 11 Pass-by, 1. A siding in an underground haulage track having a turnout at both ends to the main line... 2. A loop of track around the shift at the pit bottom.
b. A place on a plate-rail (plate n. 8) where vehicles can pass. Also attrib.
1797J. Curr Pract. Coal Viewer 26 Pass bye plates. Useful for 2 horses going contrary ways and passing each other with a draught of corves. Ibid. 27 Supposing a branch of road is required to be made to a new pit, one end of the above described pass bye..will accommodate such purpose. |
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