Aller au contenu
vocaboo
Bêta
Se connecter

mines

Prononciation : [maɪnz]

Mot

Contexte : « geology »

(noun) a place where people dig into the ground to find valuable materials like coal, gold, or diamonds. It's like a big hole in the Earth where workers search for these valuable things.

Exemple

The miners worked hard in the mine to find precious metals.

Exemple

There are no new mines opening in our area this year.

Exemple

What kind of resources can we find in that mine?

Contexte : « resource extraction »

(verb) to dig or search for valuable materials in the ground. It's when people go looking for things like gold or coal to take out of the Earth.

Exemple

They mine for minerals in the mountains every summer.

Exemple

We cannot mine there anymore because the area is protected.

Exemple

What types of materials do you want to mine?

Contexte : « ownership »

(pronoun) used to show that something belongs to me. If I say 'mine', I mean it's my thing, like a toy or a book.

Exemple

That toy is mine; I bought it yesterday.

Exemple

That lunchbox is not mine; it's my sister's.

Exemple

Is this book mine or yours?

0s
0s