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单词 salt mine
释义

salt mine


noun

a mine from which salt is excavated.
Usually salt mines. a place of habitual confinement and drudgery: After two weeks of vacation it will be back to the salt mines for the staff.

Origin of salt mine

First recorded in 1675–85

Words nearby salt mine

saltless, salt lick, salt-losing nephritis, salt marsh, salt-marsh caterpillar, salt mine, saltness, Salto, salt of the earth, salt of the Earth, Ye are the, Salton Sea
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Example sentences from the Web for salt mine

  • When you go to Salzburg (on which I congratulate you) you may go to see, if you like, the salt-mine of Hallein.

    Letters to an Unknown|Prosper Mrime
  • When and where was the first salt-mine established in England?

    Notes and Queries, Number 176, March 12, 1853|Various
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