gasworks

gasworks — noun

1. an industrial site where coal was processed to produce flammable gas, used in ea

1.名詞B2
釋義

an industrial site where coal was processed to produce flammable gas, used in earlier times for street lighting, home cooking, and heating buildings before natural gas became widely available

例句

The gasworks in Birmingham supplied gas for over 40,000 homes before it shut down in 1972.

historical context — closure era

Architects plan to turn Porto's disused gasworks into a park with playgrounds.

urban redevelopment of former industrial site

同義詞
  • gas plant

    a less common synonym; gas plant can also refer to chemical plants, so gasworks is more specific

  • coal-gas plant

    emphasises the raw material; more transparent in meaning but less idiomatic in everyday speech

用法筆記

Frequently used with former, disused, or old because most gasworks have been decommissioned since the arrival of natural gas in the mid-20th century. Often treated as a singular noun despite the plural form (e.g. the gasworks was built in 1880).

常見錯誤

❌The gasworks were built in 1890.
✅The gasworks was built in 1890.
💡gasworks is usually treated as a singular noun even though it ends in -s.
❌He works at a gasworks that produces natural gas.
✅He works at a gasworks that produced coal gas.
💡gasworks refers specifically to coal-gas production, not natural gas.