mine

pronoun

/maɪn/

the possessive form of II 的所有格形式

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of or belonging to the person writing or speaking我的
- That's mine.这是我的。
- of mine He's a friend of mine (= one of my friends).他是我的一个朋友。
- She wanted one like mine (= like I have).她想要一个和我的一样的。
(British English, informal) my home我的家
- Let's go back to mine after the show.看完表演后我们去我家吧。

Word Originpronoun Old English mīn, of Germanic origin; related to me (pronoun) and to Dutch mijn and German mein.

mine

noun

/maɪn/

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a deep hole or holes under the ground where minerals such as coal, gold, etc. are dug矿井；矿
- a copper/diamond mine 铜矿；钻石矿
- mine owners/workers矿主/工人
- They were appalled at the poor working conditions in the mines.他们对矿井里恶劣的工作条件感到震惊。
- At its peak, the mine produced 5 000 tons of coal a day.鼎盛时期，这个煤矿一天产 5,000 吨煤。
compare pit, quarry see also coal mine, gold mine, mining
Culture coal miningcoal miningCoal was very important in the economic development of Britain. It was used as fuel in the factories built during the Industrial Revolution and continued to be important until the 1980s. The main coalfields (= areas where coal is mined) were in north-east England, the north Midlands and the valleys of South Wales, especially the Rhondda Valley. Towns and villages grew around the collieries or pits (= coal mines) and were dominated by the pithead where the lifting machines were, and by large black slag heaps (= piles of waste material). Poor conditions and low pay led to a long history of industrial trouble and caused miners to play a leading role in the development of the trade union movement.In 1913 Britain produced 292 million tons of coal and employed over a million miners. In 1947, when the mines were nationalized (= brought under government control), there were still about 1 000 collieries and 700 000 miners. Increased use of North Sea oil and gas in the 1970s led to a lower demand for coal. Coal gas was replaced by natural gas. By the middle of the 1980s there were only 160 collieries and 200 000 miners. Fear of further job losses led to the long and violent miners' strike of 1984–5. In the 1990s more mines were closed. In mining communities throughout Britain thousands of former miners struggled to find new jobs. Collieries returned to being owned by private companies in 1994, and most coal now produced in Britain is sold to the electricity-generating industry. The US is the world's second largest producer of coal and most is mined in the Appalachian Mountains. Modern mining techniques used in West Virginia have removed whole mountain tops and destroyed large areas of forest. Coal is used especially in the electricity-generating industry and in the making of steel. However, the industry is in decline and several of the largest mining companies have gone out of business since 2015 as electricity is increasingly generated in other ways.
Extra Examples
- They were rescued from the flooded mine workings.他们从被水淹没的矿井中获救。
- He fell into an abandoned mine shaft.他掉进了一个废弃的矿井。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- coal
- copper
- diamond
- …
verb + mine
- operate
- run
- work
- …
mine + verb
- produce something
mine + noun
- shaft
- workings
- owner
- …
preposition
- at a/the mine
- down a/the mine
- in a/the mine
- …
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a type of bomb that is hidden under the ground or in the sea and that explodes when somebody/something touches it地雷；水雷
- Soldiers laid anti-personnel mines in the fields.士兵们在战场上布设了杀伤人员地雷。
- The troops are slowly clearing the mines.部队正在慢慢地扫雷。
see also landmine, limpet mineTopics War and conflictb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- anti-personnel
- anti-tank
- land
- …
verb + mine
- bury
- lay
- plant
- …
mine + verb
- blow up
- explode
- go off
- …
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Word Originnoun late Middle English: from Old French mine (noun), miner (verb), perhaps of Celtic origin; compare with Welsh mwyn ‘ore’, earlier ‘mine’.

Idioms

a canary in a/the coal mine

something that gives you an early warning of danger我的：可以给您预警的危险
- Among the species at risk is the silvery minnow, the river's equivalent of a canary in a coal mine. 处于危险中的物种包括银色的小鱼，这条河相当于煤矿里的金丝雀。

a mine of information/data (about/on somebody/something)

a person, book, etc. that can give you a lot of information on a particular subject信息源泉；知识宝库
- This book is a mine of information on the Romans.这部书就是一座关于罗马人的信息宝库。
- The internet can be a mine of information.互联网可以成为信息的宝库。
- The questionnaire results proved to be a rich mine of empirical data.调查问卷的结果证明是丰富的经验数据。

mine

verb

/maɪn/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they mine	/maɪn/ /maɪn/
he / she / it mines	/maɪnz/ /maɪnz/
past simple mined	/maɪnd/ /maɪnd/
past participle mined	/maɪnd/ /maɪnd/
-ing form mining	/ˈmaɪnɪŋ/ /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/

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[transitive, intransitive] to dig holes in the ground in order to find and obtain coal, diamonds, etc.（在某地）开矿，采矿
- mine A (for B) The area has been mined for slate for centuries.这个地区开采板岩有数百年了。
- mine B Uranium is mined from deep underground.铀是从地下深处开采的。
- mine (for B) They were mining for gold.他们在开采黄金。
[transitive] mine something to place mines below the surface of an area of land or water; to destroy a vehicle with mines埋雷于；布雷；用雷炸毁（车辆）
- The coastal route had been mined.沿海道路上布了地雷。
- The UN convoy was mined on its way to the border.联合国车队在驶往边界的途中触雷被炸。

Word Originverb late Middle English: from Old French mine (noun), miner (verb), perhaps of Celtic origin; compare with Welsh mwyn ‘ore’, earlier ‘mine’.