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.
中文解释
1. lodestar => 北极星(矿脉之星).
实用例句
1. Her own experiences have provided her with a mother lode of material for her songs.
她自身的经历为她的歌曲提供了取之不尽的素材。
来自《权威词典》
2. To displace or move a vein lode, or stratum, for example.
(地层, 矿脉等)转位,滑动置换或移动(例如水脉、矿脉 、 地层等)
来自互联网
3. We discovered the rich lode bellied out.
我们发现丰富的矿脉突然增大了.
来自互联网
4. Lode parameters are used to analyze the stress and the strain of the flange in calendering.
应用罗代参数对压延工艺中的凸缘部分进行应力和应变分析.
来自互联网
5. Its narrow - mindedness, complacency and conformism are mother lode of material for sitcom writers and novelists.