| 单词 | lode |
| 释义 | lode (once / 6003 pages) n If you work in a mine and you find a stripe of gold that seems to stretch on forever, you’ve found a lode of gold — a supply vein of ore. You’re also rich. Don’t confuse lode with load. They sound exactly the same, but while load means a big pile of something, lode means that something’s original source. It usually refers to valuable metals, but you can find a lode of anything, like the lollipop lode at a candy factory or a lode of laughter at a comedy show. You’ll hear about the “mother lode,” which is a lode beyond your imagination, like "the mother lode of riches inside a dragon’s den." WORD FAMILYlode: lodes USAGE EXAMPLESYet the Plum Book is a mother lode for job seekers, from ambassadors to secretaries, all over the world. Washington Post(Dec 04, 2016) A user on Reddit posted a photograph of a bunch of the cars parked in a field, calling it the mother lode. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) A digitally recorded copy, Lowe argues, can be both a lode of “forensically accurate information” and a vehicle for provoking a “deep emotional response.” The New Yorker(Nov 20, 2016) n a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks Syn|Hypo|Hyper load champion lode, mother lode the main vein of ore in a deposit alluviation, deposit, sedimentation the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating |
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