mined

柯林斯詞典

  PRONOUN USE


mine /ma?n/

• 1. PRON-POSS Mine is the first person singular possessive pronoun. A speaker or writer uses mine to refer to something that belongs or relates to himself or herself. 我的

  Her right hand is inches from mine. 她的右手離我的幾英寸遠。

  That wasn't his fault, it was mine. 那不是他的錯，是我的錯。


  NOUN AND VERB USES


mine /ma?n/ (mining,minded,mines)

• PRON-POSS

• 1. N-COUNT A mine is a place where deep holes and tunnels are dug under the ground in order to obtain a mineral such as coal, diamonds, or gold. 鑛

  ...coal mines. …煤鑛。

• 2. N-COUNT a lucrative source or abundant supply 搖錢樹 ; 充足的供應(yīng)

  she was a mine of information

• 3. V-T When a mineral such as coal, diamonds, or gold is mined, it is obtained from the ground by digging deep holes and tunnels. 採掘[usu passive]

  The pit is being shut down because it no longer has enough coal that can be mined economically. 那個煤鑛要關(guān)閉了，因爲儲量不足，難以經(jīng)濟開採。

• 4. N-COUNT A mine is a bomb which is hidden in the ground or in water and which explodes when people or things touch it. 地雷; 水雷

• 5. V-T If an area of land or water is mined, mines are placed there which will explode when people or things touch them. 佈雷

  The approaches to the garrison have been heavily mined. 進入駐地的幾條通道都已佈滿了雷。

• 6. →see also mining

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