salt mine
短语n. 岩盐坑，岩盐产地; 盐矿; 盐井
发音
US
词形变化
salt mines
复数
salt mines
别名
saltmine
释义与例句
n.
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1.
Any mine used for the extraction of salt.
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2.
Any laborious work situation, especially in a confined space.
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3.
An abundance of indignation felt by one person or a group of people due to over-sensitivity, humourlessness, disappointment, or defeat; a gold mine (sense 3) of salt (noun sense 11).
贬义The fan forum was an absolute salt mine after the football team's loss to the last-place team in its division.