miner
noun[C]
uk/ˈmaɪ.nər/us/ˈmaɪ.nɚ/minernoun[C](INDUSTRY)
C1
apersonwhoworksin a mine:
矿工acoalminer煤矿工
- The miners went onstriketotrytosavejobs.
- He wasleaderof the miners'union.
- All hissonsbecameminers.
Engineering - mining & quarrying
- anti-mine
- banksman
- biomining
- coal
- coal miner
- coal mining
- coalface
- coalfield
- excavator
- extract
- extractive
- mineral
- oilfield
- oilman
- OPEC
- petrodollar
- pithead
- prospect
- shaft
- strip mining
minernoun[C](FINANCE)
someone who usesspecialsoftwaretotrytoobtainnewcryptocurrency(=digitalcurrencyproducedby apublicnetworkratherthan by agovernment):
Minersreceiverewardsfortheirworkin theformof cryptotokens.
- Toearnnew bitcoins, you need to be the first miner toarriveat therightanswer, orclosestanswer, to a numericproblem.
- Miners whosuccessfullysolvetheproblembut haven'tverifiedthe mosttransactionsare notrewardedwith bitcoin.