| 单词 | mine |
| 释义 | 1. pronoun use2. noun and verb uses mine (maɪn ) pronoun use pronoun A2 Mine is the first person singular possessive pronoun. A speaker or writer uses mine to refer to something that belongs or relates to himself or herself. Her right hand is inches from mine. That wasn't his fault, it was mine. I'm looking for a friend of mine who lives here. mine (maɪn ) noun and verb uses Word forms: mines , mining , mined 1. countable noun [oft noun NOUN] B2 A mine is a place where deep holes and tunnels are dug under the ground in order to obtain a mineral such as coal, diamonds, or gold. ...coal mines. 2. verb [usually passive] When a mineral such as coal, diamonds, or gold is mined, it is obtained from the ground by digging deep holes and tunnels. The pit is being shut down because it no longer has enough coal that can be mined economically. [be VERB-ed] ...the finest gems, mined from all corners of the world. [VERB-ed] 3. countable noun A mine is a bomb which is hidden in the ground or in water and which explodes when people or things touch it. 4. verb If an area of land or water is mined, mines are placed there which will explode when people or things touch them. The approaches to the garrison have been heavily mined. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: lay mines in or under, sow with mines 5. mine of information phrase If you say that someone is a mine of information, you mean that they know a great deal about something. 6. See also mining Collocations: deep mine Experts are investigating what caused the collapse at the 2,600ft deep mine. The Sun Investors were happy to take the dividends, analysts tut-tutted over any rise in labour costs, and who cared what happened down a deep mine? Times, Sunday Times The first deep mine at the site was sunk in 1867. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This would be welcome while scuba diving in cold water, but in warm air in a deep mine would be unwelcome. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A deep mine can also be toured for $15. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After descending 105 steps into an old lead mine, we get to a flooded passage. The Sun There was an important lead mine on the north side of the village until the end of the 19th century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A former lead mine (until 17th-19th century). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1939 two branch lines totalling 8.3km opened to link a silver/zinc/lead mine with a refinery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lead was formerly obtained from a lead mine just outside the village. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A post office was established in 1858 in the community, which was named for a local mine owner. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Owning mineral rights means the state can force mine owners to do a range of socially responsible things without risking our money. ST Mine owners claim production costs have risen because they have been forced to dig much deeper to extract gold. Times, Sunday Times The mine owners were openly amused at the development, given that their powerful connections had always ensured that any opposition was quickly crushed. Times, Sunday Times The area experienced a history of turbulent disputes between miners and mine owners more than a century ago. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The maximum pumping rate achieved was approximately 27,000 gpm at the mine pit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At 11:05 a.m., water was four to five feet deep in the mine pit entrance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All three are irregular rectangles, having originally been mine pits. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A number of old mine pits and other mining relics can be seen. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The company obtained three more mine pits by 1870. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Guerrillas hiding in the fields would often fire at the military convoy or detonate mines planted in the road. The Times Literary Supplement By 1907 the firm manufactured an extensive range of ship's auxiliary machinery, mining plant, water tube boilers, and pumps. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This includes forest tractors, mining plant, off-road snow-mobiles, various transports at airports and ports, etc. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 View our gallery of images from the mine rescue. Mail and Guardian An inquiry into the disaster recommended that mine rescue stations be set up in major mining camps. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The use of three robots was unprecedented in mine rescue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although only 5 of the 89 miners trapped by the explosion were rescued, the bureau collected invaluable information that aided later mine rescue efforts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was described in a mine rescue handbook in 1930. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Mine safety was dependent on their reliable operation. Times, Sunday Times Criticism over mine safety certainly wouldn't help to boost the mining minister and president's approval ratings, as this story has done. Times, Sunday Times A preliminary report by a mine safety expert has said that the tunnel's support beams were made of wood, not metal, and the mine had too few carbon monoxide sensors. Times, Sunday Times Financing also came from local miners under the guise of improved mine safety. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As governor, he reduced the state's debt and enacted mine safety regulations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To simplify transport issues, the decision was made to build the mine tunnel, which opened in 1921. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The timber harvests were utilised for housing construction and mine tunnel support and the water rights permitted the development of the country's first hydroelectric power. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Claim jumpers attempted to intimidate the 18-year-old miner by pulling down a support pillar and caving in his mine tunnel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Book ahead for a guided visit to reconstructed mine tunnels. Times, Sunday Times Part of the river regularly vanishes in summer, when the water seeps into old mine tunnels. The Sun The total cost estimates to build a treatment plant and remove all of the mine waste could run between $30 million and $40 million. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This new definition allowed some contaminants to be included in mine waste and still be classified as fill. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By the 1930s, this was a large mine with an attached mining camp and a mountain of mine waste 500 feet long. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Mundic once referred to pyrite, but has now adopted the wider meaning of concrete deterioration caused by oxidisation of pyrites within the aggregate (usually originating from mine waste). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Solid waste pollution includes pollutants like agricultural waste, construction waste, electronic waste, hazardous waste, medical, and mining waste. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A resident mine worker was entrusted to oversee the natural monument. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In traditional mining methods, average lifespan of a mine worker from the local community was traditionally 46 years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It limited the hours a mine worker could work per day to eight hours. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Entry-level mine workers take home 415 a month. Times, Sunday Times In large mines workers use delayed fuses and then leave the mine before the explosion. Times, Sunday Times It also wants to diversify out of minerals as protection against the cyclical nature of the mining industry. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Everything in the mining industry is on a vast scale and the boom in production means that getting basic supplies has become a serious impediment to growth. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Australia's mining industry attacked the plans. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It's going to mirror the mining industry. Times, Sunday Times (2015) My grandfather wrote a book about the mining industry. Times, Sunday Times (2016) With a sprawling collection of mining interests and trading desks, the idea was that there was no situation from which it could not profit. Times, Sunday Times They used it as a vehicle to list their forestry interests; they are looking for another listing vehicle for their mining interests. ST He left the firm in 1911 to concentrate on his mining interests. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was a strong critic of railroad and mining interests, corrupt politicians, land speculators, and labor contractors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Over the next decade, special interest groups such as concessionaires, railroad and mining interests attempted to commercialize and privatize park lands. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although the open-pit mine was closed in 2004, diamond mining at the site continues in a series of adjacent tunnels. Times, Sunday Times The new open-pit mine stirred hopes that the southwest could be about to enjoy a mining revival. Times, Sunday Times A large open-pit mine was proposed in 2007 near the western boundary of the park. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The open-pit mine began operations in 2011. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the company said that by 2018 it would be back at about 300,000 tonnes a year as it develops its new open-pit mines. Times, Sunday Times The heavily armed police, backed by a helicopter, water cannon and horses, were part of an operation designed to disperse the miners and reopen the mine. Times, Sunday Times In the 1950s, a few companies unsuccessfully tried to reopen the mine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1967 another attempt was made to reopen the mine, but it came to nothing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A few people tried to reopen the mine but without success. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Later attempts to reopen the mines were unsuccessful. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The financing - provided by 20 disparate lenders - will make up the bulk of the $6 billion needed to build the underground mine. Times, Sunday Times The $4.2 billion package of loans will provide the bulk of the approximately $6 billion needed to build the underground mine and comes on top of $6 billion that it has already spent. Times, Sunday Times Over the years it evolved from at times the largest underground mine in the world, into a pit mine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The open pit mine moves about 160,000 tonnes of rock material and gold-bearing ore per day, the underground mine over 2,000 tonnes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was filmed on a set representing an underground mine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Pentagon officials say the men on board were removing the unexploded mine to conceal evidence. Times, Sunday Times Unexploded mines are still found from time to time. The Sun In 2009 her wreck still contained many unexploded mines and detonators. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Twice during the search she fouled unexploded mines and was nearly sunk. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These are used, for example, in military equipment for defusing unexploded mines. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Not only did it warn that its sole working mine may sit on barely half the gold it previously thought. Times, Sunday Times In a working mine, the radon level can be controlled by ventilation, sealing off old workings and controlling the water in the mine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At present there are five working mines three underground and two opencast mines. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 矿, 我的, 采掘 Japanese: 鉱山, 私のもの, 採掘する |
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