original Middle English spelling of load (n.), and custodian of most of the original meaning of "way, course, carrying." Differentiation in sense took place 16c. Mining sense of "vein of metal ore" is from c. 1600, from notion of miners "following" it through the rock.
雙語例句
1. Her own experiences have provided her with a mother lode of material for her songs.
她自身的經歷為她的歌曲提供了取之不盡的素材。
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2. To displace or move a vein lode, or stratum, for example.
(地層, 礦脈等)轉位,滑動置換或移動(例如水脈、礦脈 、 地層等)
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3. We discovered the rich lode bellied out.
我們發現豐富的礦脈突然增大了.
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4. Lode parameters are used to analyze the stress and the strain of the flange in calendering.
應用羅代參數對壓延工藝中的凸緣部分進行應力和應變分析.
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5. Its narrow - mindedness, complacency and conformism are mother lode of material for sitcom writers and novelists.