a person who works in a mine taking out coal, gold, diamonds, etc.矿工；采矿者- Rescuers are trying to save miners trapped underground after a gas explosion.救援人员正试图拯救瓦斯爆炸后被困在地下的矿工。
see also coal minerHomophones miner | minorminer minor - miner noun
- He started work as a coal miner at 14.他14岁开始从事煤矿工人的工作。
- minor adjective
- The novel is now regarded as a minor classic.该小说现在被视为次要经典。
- minor noun
- She arrived in the country as an unaccompanied minor.她以无人陪伴的未成年人身份到达该国。
Topics Jobsb2Oxford Collocations DictionaryadjectiveSee full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French minour, from miner ‘to mine’, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare with Welsh mwyn ‘ore’, earlier ‘mine’.