prospector

名词 prospector:

1. someone who explores an area for mineral deposits

1. The farmer out his claim to all the land before the prospectors came, but it was in vain.
   这位农场主在探矿者到来之前立桩标明他对所有这些土地的所有权，但这是徒劳。
2. The prospector panned out bits of sand and gravel scooped from the bed of a stream.
   探矿者淘选从河床里挖出的少量含金泥沙和砂砾。

pros.pec.tor

n.（名词）
One who explores an area for mineral deposits or oil.
探矿者：勘探一个地区是否有矿藏或石油的人