| 释义 |
min·er
\ˈmīnə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English miner, minere, alteration (influenced by -er, -ere -er) of minour, from Old French mineor, from miner to mine + -eor -or — more at mine
1. : one that mines: as
a. : one that constructs or lays military mines; especially : a soldier having such duties
b. : one engaged in the business or occupation of getting ore, coal, precious substances, or other natural substances out of the earth
c. : a machine for automatic mining (as of coal)
d. : a worker on the construction of underground tunnels and shafts (as for roads, railways, waterways)
2.
a. : any of numerous insects that in the larval state excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves
b. : any of several honey eaters of Australia and Tasmania (as Myzantha melanocephala) |