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a colliery
用于首次提及或泛指
The town grew around a colliery.
小镇围绕一个煤矿发展起来。
煤矿（包括矿井、建筑和设备）
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煤矿（包括矿井、建筑和设备）
a workplace comprising a coal mine and all the buildings and equipment associated with it
The town grew around a colliery.
小镇围绕一个煤矿发展起来。
煤矿；[建] 煤井
n. a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
The old colliery was closed after the coal seam was exhausted.
这座老煤矿在煤层耗尽后关闭了。
Many former colliery workers have retrained in renewable energy.
许多前煤矿工人已经接受了可再生能源方面的再培训。
The village developed around a colliery that operated for over a century.
这个村庄围绕着一个运营了一个多世纪的煤矿发展起来。
用于首次提及或泛指
The town grew around a colliery.
小镇围绕一个煤矿发展起来。
用于特指已提到的煤矿
The colliery closed down in the 1990s.
该煤矿在20世纪90年代关闭。
复数形式
Many collieries in the area have been converted into museums.
该地区许多煤矿已改造成博物馆。
表示工作地点
He worked at a colliery for thirty years.
他在一个煤矿工作了三十年。
Not this
He is a colliery.
Use this
He is a collier.
“colliery”指煤矿场所，而“collier”才指煤矿工人；混淆了地点名词和职业名词。
Not this
I work at colliery.
Use this
I work at a colliery.
可数名词单数前需要不定冠词“a”，表示泛指一个煤矿；漏掉冠词是常见错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
煤矿
The village depended on the local coal colliery for employment.
这个村庄依靠当地煤矿提供就业机会。
煤矿工人
Thousands of colliery workers went on strike for better conditions.
数千名煤矿工人罢工争取更好的条件。
煤矿公司
The colliery company invested in new safety equipment.
这家煤矿公司投资了新安全设备。
煤矿灾难
The colliery disaster claimed many lives in the region.
这场煤矿灾难夺去了该地区许多人的生命。
废弃煤矿
The abandoned colliery has become a dangerous site for trespassers.
废弃煤矿已成为擅入者的危险之地。
煤矿经理
The colliery manager oversaw daily operations at the mine.
煤矿经理监督矿井的日常运营。
他可以成为明星，而不仅仅是煤矿男孩。
From the musical 'Billy Elliot', this line reflects the protagonist's struggle to escape the fate of working in the colliery.
来自音乐剧《跳出我天地》，这句台词反映了主角逃离煤矿工作命运的挣扎。
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Colliery = collier（煤矿工人）+ y（地方），即煤矿。
语域：formal 常见场景：mining、industrial “colliery” 是正式的专业术语，多用于矿业和工业语境中。
以上词中，battery、grocery、surgery、nursery、misery均以-ery结尾，发音均为/əri/，与colliery的结尾相同，但重读元音不同（分别为/æ/、/oʊ/、/ɜːr/、/ɜːr/、/ɪ/），因此并不押韵。colony拼写与colliery相似（均以col-开头），但发音结尾为/əni/，与colliery的/jəri/差异较大，注意区分。
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