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单词 prospector
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prospector in British English

(prəˈspɛktə)
noun
a person who searches for the natural occurrence of gold, petroleum, etc

prospector in American English

(ˈprɑsˌpɛktər)
US
noun
a person who prospects for valuable ores, oil, etc.
Word origin
LL, one who looks out

prospector in the Oil and Gas Industry

(prɒspɛktər)
Word forms: (regular plural) prospectors
noun
(Extractive engineering: Exploration)
A prospector is a person who searches for oil or gas in the ground.
The oil prospectors use every scientific means to find new sources of oil.
Drilling wildcat wells takes place wherever a prospector believes that deposits of gas or oil may be present and is willing to take a chance.
A prospector is a person who searches for oil or gas in the ground.
prospect , prospect
Related wordsCompare prospector with wildcatter, which is someone who searches for oil or gas in an area that is not known to haveany reserves.

Examples of 'prospector' in a sentence
prospector

It was land that had at some point been trenched and mined for gold by a prospector.
Doris Lessing ON CATS (2002)
"One of'em said if you say a man's a prospector, you don't have to say he's a liar.
Tony Hillerman THE WAILING WIND (2002)
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