stope

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

Noun

A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.

Verb

1. To excavate in the form of stopes.
2. To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.

Verb

simple past of step

Từ đồng nghĩa

drill

excavate

mine

mining area

mining field

Bản dịch

Strosse

κλιμακωτή ανόρυξη μεταλευμάτος

gradin

böyle kazı yapmak

Phát âm là (IPA)

[stoʊp]

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

Apparently related to step, but with uncertain phonological development. Perhaps from a German Low German word like Stoop (“step”), from Middle Low German stōpe (“step”). More at stoop.