| 单词 | comstock lode |
| 释义 | > as lemmasComstock lode 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. < as lemmas |
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