lode 音标拼音: [l'od]
n . 矿脉,水路,水道
矿脉,水路,水道
lode n 1 :
a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks [
synonym :
{
lode }, {
load }]
Lode \
Lode \ (
l [=
o ]
d ),
n . [
AS .
l [=
a ]
d way ,
journey ,
fr .
l [
imac ][
eth ]
an to go .
See {
Lead }
to guide ,
and cf . {
Load }
a burden .]
1 .
A water course or way ;
a reach of water .
[
1913 Webster ]
Down that long ,
dark lode . . .
he and his brother skated home in triumph . --
C .
Kingsley .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Mining )
A body of ore visibly separated from adjacent rock .
[
PJC ]
3 .
Especially : (
Mining )
Any regular vein or course of valuable mineral ,
whether metallic or not .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
Hence :
A concentrated supply or source of something valuable .
[
PJC ]
{
mother lode }
a large concentrated source of mineral or other valuable thing ,
from which lesser sources have been derived ; --
often used figuratively .
The term may have been originally applied to real or imagined large deposits of gold from which smaller granules were washed downstream ,
there constituting a diluted source of gold ,
and hinting at the richer source from which they were derived ;
as ,
to hit the mother lode .
[
PJC ]
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "
lode ":
Eldorado ,
Golconda ,
bonanza ,
chimney ,
chute ,
cornucopia ,
country rock ,
deposit ,
dike ,
font ,
fount ,
fountain ,
gangue ,
gold mine ,
gravy train ,
lodestuff ,
matrix ,
mine ,
mine of wealth ,
mineral deposit ,
mother lode ,
ore bed ,
pay dirt ,
quarry ,
resource ,
rich lode ,
rich uncle ,
shoot ,
source ,
source of supply ,
spring ,
staple ,
stock ,
vein ,
well ,
wellspring
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