mullock

n. 矿山垃圾, 破烂的东西, 废物

发音

AU

词形变化

mullocks 复数 mullocks mullocked mullocking mullocks 三单 mullocking 现在分词 mullocked 过去式 mullocked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Rubbish, waste matter.

    英国 方言 不可数
  2. 2.

    Mining waste or ore processing waste:

    Overburden: waste material generated while searching for minerals or while mining, such as when sinking a shaft.

    澳大利亚 新西兰 不可数 商务 采矿
  3. 3.

    Mining waste or ore processing waste:

    Tailings: waste rock from which the wanted gold, minerals, opal, etc., has been extracted.

    澳大利亚 新西兰 不可数 商务 采矿

    1875, New Zealand House of Representatives, Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand, Volume 2, page 30, The gold, both in the quartz and mullock, is very fine, and, owing to the soft and ferruginous nature of the stuff, specks can but very rarely be seen during working.

  4. 4.

    Nonsense, rubbish.

    不可数
  5. 5.

    A mess; the result of a blunder.

    英国 方言 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To clear waste material out of a mine.

    及物 商务 采矿

相关短语

poke mullock poked mullock pokes mullock poking mullock

词源

From mull + -ock.

来源：wiktionary