mine
英 [ma?n]
美[ma?n]
- n. 礦，礦藏；礦山，礦井；地雷，水雷
- vt. 開采，采掘；在…布雷
- vi. 開礦，采礦；埋設地雷
- pron. 我的
- n. (Mine)人名；(德、塞、土、毛里塔)米內
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詞態(tài)變化
復數:?mines;第三人稱單數:?mines;過去式:?mined;過去分詞:?mined;現在分詞:?mining;
助記提示
mine............埋.....................礦山；礦坑
中文詞源
mine 我的
來自me的所有格。
mine 礦，礦山，地雷來自古法語mine,礦脈，礦石，礦山，來自古凱爾特語*menis,礦石，金屬，來自PIE*smi,砍，削，挖，詞源同smith,blacksmith,silversmith.后引申詞義炸礦的炮彈，地雷。
mine 我的來自me的所有格。
mine 礦，礦山，地雷來自古法語mine,礦脈，礦石，礦山，來自古凱爾特語*menis,礦石，金屬，來自PIE*smi,砍，削，挖，詞源同smith,blacksmith,silversmith.后引申詞義炸礦的炮彈，地雷。
英文詞源
- mine
- mine: English has two quite distinct words mine. The first person possessive pronoun [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *mīnaz (source also of German mein, Dutch mijn, and Swedish and Danish min), which was derived from the same Indo-European source as produced English me. Originally it was an adjective, but in the 13th century the -n was dropped before consonants, and eventually the resulting my took over the adjective slot altogether, leaving mine as a pronoun only. Mine ‘excavation’ [14] is of uncertain origin.
It comes via Old French from an assumed Vulgar Latin *mina, which may go back ultimately to a Celtic *meini- ‘ore’ (Gaelic has mein ‘ore, mine’ and Welsh mwyn ‘ore’). The use of the word for an ‘explosive device’, which dates from the 17th century, arose from the practice of digging tunnels or ‘mines’ beneath enemy positions and then blowing them up.
=> me, my - mine (pron.)
- Old English min "mine, my," (pronoun and adjective), from Proto-Germanic *minaz (cognates: Old Frisian, Old Saxon Old High German min, Middle Dutch, Dutch mijn, German mein, Old Norse minn, Gothic meins "my, mine"), from the base of me. Superseded as adjective beginning 13c. by my.
- mine (n.1)
- "pit or tunnel in the earth for obtaining metals and minerals," c. 1300, from Old French mine "vein, lode; tunnel, shaft; mineral ore; mine" (for coal, tin, etc,), of uncertain origin, probably from a Celtic source (compare Welsh mwyn, Irish mein "ore, mine"), from Old Celtic *meini-. Italy and Greece were relatively poor in minerals, thus they did not contribute a word for this to English, but there was extensive mining from an early date in Celtic lands (Cornwall, etc.). From c. 1400 as "a tunnel under fortifications to overthrow them."
- mine (v.2)
- "lay explosives," 1620s, in reference to old tactic of tunneling under enemy fortifications to blow them up; a specialized sense of mine (v.1) via a sense of "dig under foundations to undermine them" (late 14c.), and miner in this sense is attested from late 13c. Related: Mined; mining.
- mine (v.1)
- to dig, c. 1300, "to tunnel under fortifications to overthrow them," from mine (n.1) or from Old French miner "to dig, mine; exterminate." From mid-14c. as "to dig in the earth" (for treasure, etc.). Figurative use from mid-14c. Related: Mined; mining.
- mine (n.2)
- explosive device, by 1850, from mine (v.2).
雙語例句
- 1. I shall have words with these stupid friends of mine!
- 我真應該跟我這些愚蠢的朋友理論理論！
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She tells me her troubles. I tell her mine.
- 我和她互相傾訴煩惱。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A gold mine is not a bottomless pit, the gold runs out.
- 金礦并非無底的寶藏，金子終究會被采光。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. A friend of mine is a very anxious person.
- 我的一個朋友是個非常容易焦慮不安的人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The programme was a gold mine for small production companies.
- 這一方案能為產量較小的公司帶來滾滾財源。
來自柯林斯例句