coe

IPA/kˈəʊ/
KK[kˈo]IPA/kˈoʊ/

coe — noun

1. a small shelter built above the opening of a mine shaft

1.名詞C2
釋義

a small shelter built above the opening of a mine shaft

例句

Eitan waited inside the coe while rain hit the roof.

coe as shelter above a mine entrance

The old coe still stood above the flooded silver shaft.

同義詞
  • hut

    a general word for a small simple building, not specifically one at a mine

  • shack

    stresses a rough, poor structure rather than its mining use

文法句型

a coe

the coe

in the coe

above the shaft

用法筆記

Used for an old mining structure, not for the shaft itself. It usually refers to the hut or covering at the top, where people waited or stored things before going below ground.

2. an illness that affects sheep

2.名詞C2
釋義

an illness that affects sheep

例句

The vet examined two lambs after coe spread through the flock.

coe spread through a flock

Beatriz moved the sick sheep away when coe appeared in spring.

文法句型

have coe

get coe

coe spread through a flock

用法筆記

This is a specialist livestock term and normally appears in farming or veterinary writing. It refers to the disease itself, while the verb sense describes causing an animal to get it.

coe — verb

coe — abbreviation