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词汇 black lung
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Definition of black lung in English:

black lung

noun
mass nounNorth American
  • Pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of coal dust.

    〈主美〉煤肺病,煤尘沉着病,矿工黑肺病

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The coal that powers our industries - bringing cheap textiles, central heating, and fresh fruit into our lives - also causes black lung, mine disasters, and acid rain.
    • Now aged seventy, his feet and hips are bearing the cost of his stooped shuffle through the tunnels, and his breathing is heavy with black lung, the miner's disease.
    • A federal fund created in 1977 to pay coal miners who developed black lung was funded with a tax on mining companies.
    • Thus anyone with severe respiratory ailments - black lung, brown lung, asbestosis, emphysema, and so on - is given adequate and comprehensive services as needed.
    • Many people became miners to make a living and thousands died of miner's diseases such as black lung and silicosis.

Definition of black lung in US English:

black lung

nounblæk ləŋ
North American
  • Pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of coal dust.

    〈主美〉煤肺病,煤尘沉着病,矿工黑肺病

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The coal that powers our industries - bringing cheap textiles, central heating, and fresh fruit into our lives - also causes black lung, mine disasters, and acid rain.
    • Many people became miners to make a living and thousands died of miner's diseases such as black lung and silicosis.
    • Now aged seventy, his feet and hips are bearing the cost of his stooped shuffle through the tunnels, and his breathing is heavy with black lung, the miner's disease.
    • A federal fund created in 1977 to pay coal miners who developed black lung was funded with a tax on mining companies.
    • Thus anyone with severe respiratory ailments - black lung, brown lung, asbestosis, emphysema, and so on - is given adequate and comprehensive services as needed.
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