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power station

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈpower ˌstation noun [countable]  TPE especially British English a building where electricity is produced to supply a large area 发电厂,发电站 Chernobyl nuclear power station 切尔诺贝利核电站coal-fired/gas-fired power station 燃煤/燃气发电厂4  See picture of 见图 ENERGY
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power stationCertainly there is no one controlling it, as a man might control a power station by moving switches.coal-fired/gas-fired power stationHydrocarbon smog from traffic; smoke from a coal-fired power station.Read in studio A gas-fired power station is to be built at Didcot alongside the existing coal fired power station.
ˈpower ˌstation nounChineseSyllable
building electricity is a a where produced supply Corpus to


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power station
ˈpower ˌstation noun [countable]
especially British English a building where electricity is produced to supply a large area:
    Chernobyl nuclear power station
    coal-fired/gas-fired power station


power stationBrE /ˈpaʊə steɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpaʊər steɪʃn/ 🔊 (BrE) (also ˈpower plant NAmE, BrE ) nouna building or group of buildings where electricity is produced 发电厂;发电站a coal-fired power station燃煤火力发电厂a nuclear power station核电站

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