Caisson

(noun.) large watertight chamber used for construction under water.

(noun.) a chest to hold ammunition.

(noun.) a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition.

录入:劳伦斯

• Such an arrangement for work under water is called a caisson. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The safety-lamp had been given to the miner, the caisson to the bridge-builder, the anti-friction metal to the mechanic for bearings. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• No guns or caissons should be taken with less than eight horses. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Before leaving Spottsylvania, therefore, I sent back to the defences of Washington over one hundred pieces of artillery, with the horses and caissons. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• In many cases men work in diving suits rather than in caissons; these suits are made of rubber except for the head piece, which is of metal provided with transparent eyepieces. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• To meet this situation, three massive reinforced concrete caissons were built on the surface. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

整理:马库斯