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- miner noun
He started work as a coal miner at 14. 他14岁开始做煤矿工人。
- minor adjective
The novel is now regarded as a minor classic. 这部小说现在被视为次要经典。
- 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。
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’.