mining
UK/'mainiŋ/US
IELTSA2
Definitions
n.
The activity or industry of extracting coal, metal, or minerals from the earth.
采矿，采矿业（从地里开采煤、金属或矿物的活动或行业）
n.
The process of extracting useful information from large amounts of data (data mining).
（数据）挖掘（从大量数据中提取有用信息的过程）
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedminedig, mine, extract; (second branch) jut out, project
+
-ingcontinuous / action of
=mining
mine (dig out) + -ing (the activity of) = the work of digging resources from the earth. The modern 'data mining' sense is the same metaphor: digging through a huge pile of data to extract something valuable.
Common Collocations
- 1.coal mining采煤
- 2.gold mining采金
- 3.mining industry采矿业
- 4.data mining数据挖掘
- 5.open-pit mining露天开采
Example Sentences
- 1.
Coal mining was once the main source of jobs in this region.
- 2.
Strict regulations now govern mining in protected areas.
- 3.
The startup uses data mining to predict customer behavior.