"gashouse" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 煤氣廠

Definition

煤氣廠是指生產和儲存煤氣（尤其來自煤炭）的工廠，用於照明、供暖或煮食。這詞主要是歷史用語。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

「gashouse」現今很少用，僅在歷史場合或地名中見到。相關詞有「gasworks」。有時出現在舊地名或文學中。

Examples

The old gashouse was demolished years ago.

那座老**煤氣廠**多年前被拆除了。

A gashouse made gas from coal for street lamps.

**煤氣廠**用煤炭為路燈製煤氣。

My grandfather worked at the local gashouse.

我祖父曾在本地的**煤氣廠**工作。

Back in the day, our neighborhood always smelled funny because of that gashouse nearby.

以前我們社區附近的**煤氣廠**總讓這裡有股怪味。

They turned the old gashouse into an art gallery last year.

去年他們把那座老**煤氣廠**改造成了藝術展館。

Nobody really calls it the gashouse anymore; that's just what the older folks remember.

現在沒人再把它叫**煤氣廠**了，只有老人還記得這名字。