| 单词 | quartz lead |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquartz lead quartz lead n. [ < quartz n. + lead n.2 (compare sense 6a at that entry)] now historical ΚΠ 1851 San Francisco Picayune 19 Sept. 2/5 A party of five from Nevada, while prospecting upon the South Fork of the North Fork of the Yuba river, struck upon a quartz lead. 1866 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. from Hawaii (1967) 272 There are hundreds of men in California who are sitting on their quartz leads..and hoping for the day when they will pay. 1958 D. Lavender Land of Giants v. vii. 390 Perhaps the prospectors..were simply following up a quartz lead in the manner of their craft when they spotted the lode. < as lemmas |
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