gasworks

gasworks — 名詞

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

1.名詞B2
釋義

煤氣廠

將煤轉化為可燃气體的工廠

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.

伯明罕的煤氣廠在 1972 年關閉前，供應了超過四萬戶家庭的瓦斯。

historical context — closure era

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

建築師計畫將波多廢棄的煤氣廠改建成有遊樂場的公園。

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.