mine
US: /ˈmaɪn/
UK: /mˈaɪn/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
mine- đại từ sở hữu
- của tôi
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(trước nguyên âm hay h) như my
- danh từ
- mỏ
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nguồn kho
- mìn, địa lôi, thuỷ lôi
- động từ
- đào, khai
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đặt mìn, đặt địa lôi, thả thuỷ lôi; phá bằng mìn, phá bằng địa lôi, phá bằng thuỷ lôi
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phá hoại
Advanced English dictionary
pronoun, noun, verb+ pronoun (the POSSESSIVE form of I) of or belonging to the person writing or speaking: That's mine. + He's a friend of mine (= one of my friends).
+ noun
1 a deep hole or holes under the ground where minerals such as coal, gold, etc. are dug: a copper / diamond mine
See also -
Compare: PIT, QUARRY
2 a type of bomb that is hidden under the ground or in the sea and that explodes when sb/sth touches it
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Idioms: a mine of information (about / on sb/sth) a person, book, etc. that can give you a lot of information on a particular subject
+ verb
1 to dig holes in the ground in order to find and obtain coal, diamonds, etc: [VN] The area has been mined for slate for centuries. + Uranium is mined from deep underground. + [V] They were mining for gold.
2 [VN] to place mines below the surface of an area of land or water; to destroy a vehicle with mines: The coastal route had been mined. + The UN convoy was mined on its way to the border.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 pit, excavation, lode, vein; colliery, coalfield:
My father worked in a mine from the age of 14.
2 source, mother-lode, vein, store, storehouse, supply, deposit, depository or depositary, repository, reserve, hoard, treasure trove, reservoir, well-spring; abundance, fund, gold-mine, wealth, treasury:
This encyclopedia is a rich mine of information.
v.
3 excavate, dig, quarry, extract, scoop out or up, remove, unearth; derive, extract, draw:
He claims to have mined coal in Wales and gold in South Africa. Analysis shows this ore was mined in Pennsylvania
4 ransack, search, rake through, scour, scan, read, survey, look through, probe:
Several directories were mined to compile our list of sales prospects.
Collocation
1 for coal, etc.
ADJ.
coal, copper, diamond, salt, tin, etc. | deep, drift, opencast | abandoned, disused
VERB + MINE
operate, run, work | go down, work at/down/in
At 14, he went down the mines.
MINE + VERB
produce sth
At its peak, the mine produced 5,000 tons of coal a day.
MINE + NOUN
shaft
(also
mineshaft
),
workings
flooded mine workings
| owner
2 explosive device
ADJ.
anti-personnel, land, limpet
VERB + MINE
lay, plant
soldiers laying anti-personnel mines
| clear, dispose of, remove
The troops are slowly clearing the mines.
| detonate, hit, set off, strike
MINE + VERB
blow up, explode, go off
Concise dictionary
mines|mined|miningmaɪnnoun
+excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
+explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
verb
+get from the earth by excavation
+lay mines
