mine 1 S1 / maɪn / 代词 [ possessive form of ‘I’ ] #

used by the person speaking or writing to refer to something that belongs to or is connected with himself or herself → my :

It was Glen’s idea, not mine.

‘Is that your car?’ ‘No, mine is parked over the road.’

You’ve got good legs – mine are too thin.

His English is better than mine.

of mine

I want you to meet an old friend of mine .

mine 2 S2 W3 noun [可数名词] #

1 a deep hole or holes in the ground that people dig so that they can remove coal, gold, tin etc → mining coal/gold/copper etc mine one of the largest coal mines in the country in/down a mine the time when children used to work down the mines 2 a type of bomb that is hidden just below the ground or under water and that explodes when it is touched :
They learnt how to lay mines (= put them in place ) . The ship struck a mine and sank. → landmine 3 a mine of information (about/on something) someone or something that can give you a lot of information about a particular subject and that is therefore very useful or helpful :
The website is a mine of information about all forms of cancer.

THESAURUS

bomb a weapon that explodes : The bomb exploded on a bus in Jerusalem during the city’s morning rush hour. | Fifty-five people were injured in a car bomb attack in Baghdad. | Morrow was convicted in 1998 of sending four letter bombs (= a small bomb hidden in a package and sent to someone in order to hurt or kill them ) to government officials. | People were worried that terrorists would try to detonate a dirty bomb (= a bomb that contains nuclear materials ) in the city centre. explosives bombs or substances that can cause explosions : They used explosives to blow the door off the front of the building. | The car was packed with 1,000 lbs of high explosives (= powerful explosives ) . device a bomb – used especially in news reports : Police found the device hidden in a suitcase. | A bomb threat was received and the building was evacuated, but no device was found. IED a bomb that has been made using whatever materials are available, especially one used to blow up soldiers travelling through a place. IED is short for ‘improvised explosive device’ : Several soldiers were killed when an IED exploded as their convoy drove by. mine a type of bomb that is hidden just below the ground or under water, and that explodes when it is touched : The fields are still full of landmines . | The ship struck a mine and sank. grenade ( also hand grenade ) a small bomb that can be thrown by hand or fired from a special gun : He pulled the pin and threw a grenade toward the enemy’s position.

mine 3 verb ( past tense and past participle mined , present participle mining ) #

1 [ intransitive, transitive usually passive ] to dig large holes in the ground in order to remove coal, gold etc :
Copper has been mined here since the sixteenth century. This area has been mined for over 300 years. mine for The company first started mining for salt in 1851. 2 [及物动词，通常被动态] to hide bombs in the sea or under the ground :
All the roads leading to the village had been mined.