3a mine of information (about/on something)KNOW somethingsomeone or something that can give you a lot of information about a particular subject and that is therefore very useful or helpful (关于某事物的)大量信息的来源
The website is a mine of information about all forms of cancer.
这个网站提供大量有关各种癌症的信息。
Examples from the Corpus
a mine of information (about/on something)• Study a localmap and the OrdnanceSurvey, which is a mine of information.• A trip to Brussels to meet the responsibleofficials can turn up a mine of information.• If used properly, the diary was a mine of information.• His column in the AnglingTimes was the first thing that I turned to and what a mine of information.
in/down a mine• And when I was growing I dreamed about what I wanted to do in mine.• Here in a world where she never existed, with people who do not exist in mine.• I shook hands with her, startled how bony and warm her hand felt in mine.• Second, gold is found in mines.• I took her hand in mine and it was warm, and I felt still that strongpersistentthrob of life.• Oliver Ingraham almost draped his hand in mine.• I felt an unusualtwinge of pity for him and reached out and clasped one of his hands in mine.• He was a partner in a majorfirm and a friend of the partners in mine.
1[intransitiveI, transitiveT]TIDIG to dig large holes in the ground in order to remove coal, gold etc 挖掘矿井,采矿;开采
Copper has been mined here since the sixteenth century.
从16世纪起这里就开始开采铜矿。
This area has been mined for over 300 years.
这个地区采矿已经有300多年了。
mine for
The company first started mining for salt in 1851.
这家公司1851年开始采盐。
nGrammar
Mine is often passive in this meaning when used as a transitive verb.
2[transitiveT]SCB to hide bombs in the sea or under the ground 在…中布雷
All the roads leading to the village had been mined.
通向那个村庄的所有道路都布了地雷。
nGrammar
Mine is usually passive in this meaning.
Examples from the Corpus
mine• The border is heavily mined.• Most of the new settlers came here to mine for gold.• Simon mines his childhood experiences for his plays.• Lead has been mined in this area for hundreds of years.• The Chechen rebels can still mounthit-and-runattacks, miningroads and ambushing convoys.• The church was built by Don Jose de la Borda, who made his fortuneminingsilver.
mine for• Explorers have been mining for gold in this area for several years.
From Longman Business Dictionary
minemine1 /maɪn/ noun [countableC]
a deep hole or series of holes that are dug in the ground in order to find gold, coal, diamonds etc
The closure of the coal mines caused a lot of unemployment in the area.
minemine2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]
to dig holes or passages under the ground in order to obtain gold, coal, diamonds etc