min·er
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.
救援人员正努力营救瓦斯爆炸后被困井下的矿工。
Homophones miner | minorminer minorTopics Jobsb2/ˈmaɪnə(r)//ˈmaɪnər/- miner noun
- He started work as a coal miner at 14.
他 14 岁开始当煤矿工人。
- 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小经典。
- 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抵达该国。
- She arrived in the country as an unaccompanied minor.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- coal
- copper
- gold
- …
Word OriginMiddle 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.