Lofty derricks dot the landscape in an oil field.

高耸的井架点缀着油田的景色。

Just hiring a derrick barge massive enough to do the job can cost $700,000 a day.

一艘井架驳船就足够搞定，其费用为每天70万美元。

It has to be tall because it is like a giant block and tackle

井架必须高，因为它像一个巨型滑轮组。

Not so long ago, Huntington Beach was dotted with oil derricks; now the only oil here is suntan lotion.

不久以前，亨廷顿海滩 (Huntington Beach) 上布满了石油井架，现在我在这里只看到一种油—太阳油。

When it has been decided where we are going to drill, we put up at the surface an oil derrick.

当确定钻孔地点后，我就在那里竖起一个井架。

The artist erected a man in the front yard, that resembled a derrick.

艺术家在前院竖立了一个人， 那是一个类似井架的人。

Soon, hundreds of oil derricks were pumping the black gold to the surface.

，数百个石油井架将黑金抽到地表。

Slowly, heads turn in the direction of the hill that overlooks the town, and the tall, triangular steel, poppet head that sits above the entrance to the mineshaft.

慢慢地， 人的头转向了俯瞰小镇的那座小山，以及矗立在矿井入口上方的高大三角形钢铁结构——井架。

One day, she promised herself, she would take her girls away from the reservation and the small town of Fairfax with its clanking oil derricks and dusty roads.

有一天，她向自己保证， 她会带她的女儿离开保留地和费尔法克斯小镇， 那里有叮当作响的石油井架和尘土飞扬的道路。

" Of course we shall not cut the rope." A basket was obtained, and fastened to the end of the rope, a three-legged derrick was erected over the well with the rope running over the top.

“我当然不会割断绳子。”找来一个篮子，系在绳子的末端，在井上架起一个三足井架，绳子从井架上穿过。