请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 comstock
释义

Comstockn.

Brit. /ˈkɒmstɒk/, U.S. /ˈkɑmˌstɑk/
Etymology: < the name of H. T. P. Comstock (1820–70), U.S. prospector who first worked a claim on the site of the Comstock lode.
U.S.
In full, Comstock lode: a very rich lode of silver and gold discovered in Nevada in 1859; hence, allusively, a rich mine or ‘find’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [noun] > profitable sources
pay streak1856
pay1857
pay rock1862
Comstock1866
pay chimney1868
pay vein1872
pay zone1873
the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] > a source of wealth
India1598
Indies1602
goldmine1605
Aladdin's cave1824
Golconda1833
Comstock1866
wealth-centre1890
1866 Beadle's Monthly Aug. 102/1 The Comstock Lode proved the richest vein of silver ever found.
1867 Territorial Enterprise (Virginia City, Nevada) 2 Feb. 3/1 The real out and out Washoe miner can be found away down in the bowels of the Comstock.
1885 Weekly N. Mex. Rev. 18 June 2/6 The Old Mine of Grant county is proving a genuine Comstock.
1948 Manch. Guardian Weekly 9 Dec. 9 The committee sank their pick in a farmyard and struck their Comstock lode in the shape of a hollowed-out pumpkin.
1956 A. Huxley Adonis & Alphabet 196 The people who had come to exploit this Comstock Lode of the miraculous, found themselves painfully frustrated.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1866
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/20 22:46:23