mine

• n. 矿，矿藏；矿山，矿井；地雷，水雷
• vt. 开采，采掘；在…布雷
• vi. 开矿，采矿；埋设地雷
• pron. 我的
• n. (Mine)人名；(德、塞、土、毛里塔)米内

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中文词源

来自me的所有格。

来自古法语mine,矿脉，矿石，矿山，来自古凯尔特语*menis,矿石，金属，来自PIE*smi,砍，削，挖，词源同smith,blacksmith,silversmith.后引申词义炸矿的炮弹，地雷。

来自me的所有格。

来自古法语mine,矿脉，矿石，矿山，来自古凯尔特语*menis,矿石，金属，来自PIE*smi,砍，削，挖，词源同smith,blacksmith,silversmith.后引申词义炸矿的炮弹，地雷。

英文词源

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 Superseded as adjective beginning 13c.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).

双语例句

1. I shall have words with these stupid friends of mine!

我真应该跟我这些愚蠢的朋友理论理论！

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2. She tells me her troubles. I tell her mine.

我和她互相倾诉烦恼。

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3. A gold mine is not a bottomless pit, the gold runs out.

金矿并非无底的宝藏，金子终究会被采光。

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4. A friend of mine is a very anxious person.

我的一个朋友是个非常容易焦虑不安的人。

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5. The programme was a gold mine for small production companies.

这一方案能为产量较小的公司带来滚滚财源。

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