- [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’.