- 1探礦者；找金礦時也說淘金者
A prospector is someone who goes out looking for gold, other metals, useful stone, or oil, often in wild or empty country. The classic picture is a Gold Rush figure with a pan in a river, and that picture is fair — though actually the word is not only historical. Mining and oil work still needs people who test the ground and ask, “Is there anything here worth digging?” A prospector finds the place; other people may run the mine later. The job title can sound a little old in casual talk, but in history, news about mining, and adventure stories it is still the ordinary word. It is not an inspector, and it has nothing to do with prospering (doing well with money).
組成prospect (to look for minerals, or a chance of something good) + -or (the person who does it).
同家族的字
- prospectthe verb and noun this is built from: to search for minerals, or a possible chance
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
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prospectornoun/pɹəˈspɛktə/
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A person who explores or prospects an area in search of mineral deposits, such as gold.
- A large number of prospectors have crossed over the divide to the British head waters of the Yukon, in search of the rich diggings found by a lucky few last year.
- The south polar region of Promethei Planum developed a Bermuda Triangle reputation. Satellites detected intermittent mass concentrations and magnetic field shifts. In 2148, prospectors working near Deseado Crater discovered an underground complex: a Prothean observation post. The odd phenomena were generated by the operation and discharge of a mass effect core, struggling to function despite fifty millennia of neglect.
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