quartz crusher

English

quartz crusher (plural quartz crushers)

(now chiefly historical) A machine designed to crush quartz in order to extract gold. [from 19th c.]
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber 2003, p. 86:
  Mrs Ester did not worry about gold. The quartz crushers were already more important.

单词	quartz crusher
释义	quartz crusher English Noun quartz crusher (plural quartz crushers) (now chiefly historical) A machine designed to crush quartz in order to extract gold. [from 19th c.] 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber 2003, p. 86: Mrs Ester did not worry about gold. The quartz crushers were already more important.
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