Word · Frequency #3339
miner
矿工
a person who works in a mine
- 1.
A person who works in a mine.
在矿井工作的人
- 2.
Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
澳大利亚特有的蜜雀属的四种鸟类之一
- 3.
laborer who works in a mine
在矿井中工作的工人
- 4.
An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
军火矿和类似爆炸物的操作员
- 5.
Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.
南美地矿鸟属的几种灶鸟
- 6.
Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.
挖掘或创造新加密货币单位的软件或硬件
- 7.
A person who mines cryptocurrency.
挖掘加密货币的人
在矿井工作的人；澳大利亚特有的蜜雀属的四种鸟类之一；在矿井中工作的工人；军火矿和类似爆炸物的操作员；南美地矿鸟属的几种灶鸟
In use
The miner works deep underground every day.
Many miners in the region wear helmets for safety.
My uncle was a miner for twenty years before he retired.
a miner + verb
The miner works deep underground.
这名矿工在地下深处工作。
a miner in/at + place
She is a miner in a gold mine.
她是一名金矿的矿工。
a miner of + material
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。
Connections
Collocations
- coal miner
- 煤矿工人
- My grandfather was a coal miner for 30 years.我祖父当了30年煤矿工人。
- gold miner
- 金矿矿工
- Gold miners often work in dangerous conditions.金矿矿工常在危险环境下工作。
- miner's helmet
- 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。
- miner's lamp
- 矿灯
- The old miner's lamp was powered by carbide.那盏老矿灯靠电石发光。
- miner's union
- 矿工工会
- The miner's union negotiated better wages.矿工工会谈判争取了更高工资。
- strike by miners
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
中性，多用于矿业或矿井工作的场景
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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