English Dictionary

chokedamp

名詞

不可算名詞 通常

(mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.

日本語の意味

鉱山において、主に二酸化炭素からなる湿気（ガス混合物）で、窒息を引き起こす危険性があるもの

The miners carried portable detectors because pockets of chokedamp could form unexpectedly in the old workings.

坑夫たちは、古い坑道の作業場で二酸化炭素を主成分とする窒息性ガスのポケットが予期せず発生することがあるため、携帯型検知器を携行していた。

意味（1）

(mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.

Now, when you described the Wigan coal explosion last month, could you not have gone down and helped those people, in spite of the choke-damp? I did. You never said so. There was nothing worth bucking about. I didn't know. She looked at me with rather more interest.

chokedamps （ plural ）