stope /ˈstop/
採礦場(vt.)(vi.)在採礦場採礦
Stope n. Mining A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.
Stope, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoped p. pr. & vb. n. Stoping.] Mining (a) To excavate in the form of stopes. (b) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.
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Stope Sto·pen p. p. of Step. Stepped; gone; advanced. [Obs.]
A poor widow, somedeal stope in age. --Chaucer.
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