| 单词 | placer-mine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplacer-mine placer-mine v. (transitive and intransitive) to wash (gravel, sand, etc.), in search of gold or other valuable minerals. ΚΠ 1865 H. W. Baxley What I saw on W. Coast of S. & N. Amer. 419 This entire mountain..was once placer-mined over its entire surface. 1890 Stock Grower & Farmer 19 July 4/4 A man who came to Arizona,..lived on brown beans and placer-mined on Hassayampa creek. 1944 Life 20 Nov. 11/2 She is now the wife of Johnny Matson, a prospector, who placer-mines for gold up the Seventy Mile River. 1999 Rock & Gem Dec. 74/2 She and her husband, Glenn, placer-mined the famous Tramway Bar on the Koyukuk River, where it meanders along the south slope of the Brooks Range. < as lemmas |
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