mine
- IPA[mīn]
美式
- an excavation in the earth for extracting coal or other minerals；an abundant source of something
- obtain (coal or other minerals) from a mine；dig in (the earth) for coal or other minerals
verb: mine, 3rd person present: mines, gerund or present participle: mining, past tense: mined, past participle: mined
noun: mine, plural noun: mines
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. an excavation in the earth for extracting coal or other minerals a copper mine 同義詞
- ▪ an abundant source of something the book contains a mine of information 同義詞
- 2. a type of bomb placed on or just below the surface of the ground or in the water that detonates when disturbed by a person, vehicle, or ship his jeep ran over a mine and he was killed
- ▪ historical a subterranean passage under the wall of a besieged fortress, especially one in which explosives are put to blow up fortifications. 同義詞
動詞
- 1. obtain (coal or other minerals) from a mine the company came to the area to mine phosphate 35 million tons of mined coal 同義詞
- ▪ dig in (the earth) for coal or other minerals the hills were mined for copper oxide many financiers managed to obtain concessions to mine for silver
- ▪ dig or burrow in (the earth) the earth beneath had been tortuously mined by pestilential rabbits
- ▪ delve into (an abundant source) to extract something of value, especially information or skill how do they manage to mine such a rich vein of talent? 同義詞
- ▪ obtain units of (a cryptocurrency) by running a computer process to solve specific mathematical problems if you're mining bitcoin you need to do it faster than anyone else
- 2. lay explosive mines on or just below the surface of (the ground or water) the area was heavily mined 同義詞
- ▪ destroy by means of an explosive mine HMS Ocean was mined in the Dardanelles in 1915
