Word · Frequency #16210
collier
煤矿工人
someone who works in a coal mine
- 1.
A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel).
从事煤炭生产或销售的人
- 2.
A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal.
运煤船
- 3.
A sailor on such a vessel.
运煤船上的水手
从事煤炭生产或销售的人;运煤船;运煤船上的水手;运煤船员
In use
My grandfather worked as a collier for forty years.
The collier put on his helmet before entering the dark mine.
Many colliers in this region travel to work before sunrise.
be a collier
collier 是可数名词,指煤矿工人。
He is a collier.
他是一名煤矿工人。
work as a collier
My uncle worked as a collier for years.
我叔叔当了多年煤矿工人。
become a collier
He became a collier at eighteen.
他十八岁时成为煤矿工人。
Connections
Collocations
- collier's lamp
- 矿工灯
- A collier's lamp hangs in the museum.博物馆里挂着一盏矿工灯。
- collier's cottage
- 矿工小屋
- They lived in a collier's cottage.他们住在一间矿工小屋里。
- collier's family
- 矿工家庭
- A collier's family often faced severe hardship.矿工家庭常常面临严重的困难。
Synonyms
- miner
- 矿工 · 泛指各类矿工,不限于煤矿;比 collier 常用,可用在口语或书面语中。
- coal miner
- 煤矿工人 · 语义最明确,现代英语中比 collier 更自然常用;collier 偏文学或旧式。
Confusing words
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把collier拆成coal(煤)+ -ier(表人),联想为“和煤打交道的人”,就是煤矿工人;运煤船也装煤,同根同源。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:historical writing、literature、mining history 在现代日常英语中,说到“煤矿工人”通常直接用 coal miner;collier 是比较旧的书面说法,多出现在历史叙述、文学作品或行业史资料里,带有正式色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有与 /ˈkɒljə/ 完全押韵的高频单词;最接近的是 colliery,它包含同样的 /ˈkɒljə/ 开头,再加 /ri/。拼写相似的 collar(/ˈkɒl.ər/)和 jollier(/ˈdʒɒl.i.ər/)读音都不与 collier 相同;stallion、scallion 都是 /ljən/ 结尾,但重读元音为 /æ/,注意别混淆。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.