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a miner + verb
The miner works deep underground.
这名矿工在地下深处工作。
矿工
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矿工
a person who works in a mine
The miner works deep underground.
这名矿工在地下深处工作。
在矿井工作的人
A person who works in a mine.
澳大利亚特有的蜜雀属的四种鸟类之一
Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
在矿井中工作的工人
laborer who works in a mine
军火矿和类似爆炸物的操作员
An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
The miner works deep underground every day.
这名矿工每天在地下深处工作。
Many miners in the region wear helmets for safety.
该地区的许多矿工都戴着头盔以确保安全。
My uncle was a miner for twenty years before he retired.
我叔叔退休前当了二十年矿工。
The miner works deep underground.
这名矿工在地下深处工作。
She is a miner in a gold mine.
她是一名金矿的矿工。
也可以用'coal miner'等复合词。
He became a miner of coal at age 18.
他18岁时成了一名煤矿工。
Not this
He worked as a minor in the coal mine.
Use this
He worked as a miner in the coal mine.
miner 和 minor 发音相近但意思不同，miner 指矿工，minor 指未成年人或次要的。应正确拼写为 miner。
Not this
He miners for gold every day.
Use this
He mines for gold every day.
miner 是名词，不能直接用作动词。正确的动词形式是 mine（采矿）。应改为 mines。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
煤矿工人
My grandfather was a coal miner for 30 years.
我祖父当了30年煤矿工人。
金矿矿工
Gold miners often work in dangerous conditions.
金矿矿工常在危险环境下工作。
矿工头盔
Every miner wears a miner's helmet with a light.
每位矿工都戴一顶带灯的矿工头盔。
矿灯
The old miner's lamp was powered by carbide.
那盏老矿灯靠电石发光。
矿工工会
The miner's union negotiated better wages.
矿工工会谈判争取了更高工资。
矿工罢工
A strike by miners halted production for weeks.
矿工罢工导致生产停滞数周。
早期预警；警报信号
The sudden drop in sales was a miner's canary for the company's financial trouble.
销售额的突然下降是公司财务困境的早期预警。
像矿工一样辛苦工作；非常努力地工作
She worked like a miner to finish the project on time.
她像矿工一样辛苦工作，以按时完成项目。
我像矿工一样寻找一颗赤诚的心。
The old miner showed us his daily routine.
老矿工向我们展示了他的日常工作。
他是一名矿工，一个四九年淘金者，他的肩膀宽阔。
Many miners lost their lives in the accident.
许多矿工在那次事故中丧生。
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记忆法：miner = mine（矿）+ -er（人），即“在矿里工作的人”。想象矿工头戴安全帽在矿井挖掘。
中性，多用于矿业或矿井工作的场景
These words all end in -iner and share the same pronunciation pattern /aɪnɚ/ with stress on the first syllable. Note that 'miner' and 'minor' are homophones.
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