English Dictionary

mine

/maɪ̯n/

noun

An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels. / (figuratively) Any source of wealth or resources.

This is mine.

意味（1）

An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.

This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Any source of wealth or resources.

She's a mine of information.

意味（3）

(military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.

意味（4）

(military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.

His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine.

意味（5）

(pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.

意味（6）

(entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.

意味（7）

(computing) A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.