miner
noun /ˈmaɪnə(r)/
/ˈmaɪnər/
- a person who works in a mine taking out coal, gold, diamonds, etc.
矿工；采矿者 - Rescuers are trying to save miners trapped underground after a gas explosion.
瓦斯爆炸后，救援人员正试图营救被困在地下的矿工。
Homophones miner | minorminer minorTopics Jobsb2/ˈmaɪnə(r)//ˈmaɪnər/- miner noun
- He started work as a coal miner at 14.
他14岁开始做煤矿工人。
- He started work as a coal miner at 14.
- minor adjective
- The novel is now regarded as a minor classic.
这部小说现在被视为次要经典。
- The novel is now regarded as a minor classic.
- minor noun
- She arrived in the country as an unaccompanied minor.
她作为无人陪伴的未成年人来到这个国家。
- She arrived in the country as an unaccompanied minor.
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- coal
- copper
- gold
- …
词源Middle English: from Old French minour, from miner ‘to mine’, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare with Welsh mwyn ‘ore’, earlier ‘mine’. - Rescuers are trying to save miners trapped underground after a gas explosion.