Word · Frequency #9184
colliery
煤矿（包括矿井、建筑和设备）
核心释义
a workplace comprising a coal mine and all the buildings and equipment associated with it
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煤矿；[建] 煤井
n. a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
煤矿；[建] 煤井；煤矿
用法In use
The old colliery was closed after the coal seam was exhausted.
用法提示：colliery 作为名词，指煤矿（包括建筑和设备）。
Many former colliery workers have retrained in renewable energy.
用法提示：colliery 作为名词，用作定语修饰 workers，指煤矿工人。
The village developed around a colliery that operated for over a century.
用法提示：colliery 作为名词，指煤矿。
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。
the colliery
用于特指已提到的煤矿
The colliery closed down in the 1990s.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- coal colliery
- 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。
- colliery worker
- 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。
- colliery company
- 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。
- colliery disaster
- 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。
- abandoned colliery
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
Colliery = collier（煤矿工人）+ y（地方），即煤矿。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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