mining
US: /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/
UK: /mˈaɪnɪŋ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
mining /'mainiɳ/- danh từ
- sự khai mỏ
- a mining engineer: kỹ sư mỏ
- mining industry: công nghiệp m
- sự khai mỏ
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun[U] the process of getting coal and other minerals from under the ground; the industry involved in this: coal / diamonds / gold / tin mining + a mining company / community / engineer + Mining is prohibited in the National Park
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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.
Concise dictionary
'maɪnɪŋnoun
+the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
+laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment
mines|mined|miningmaɪn
noun
+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
