英语词汇“to strike it rich”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. To come upon, find (a pocket, vein, or seam of mineral, a stratum of water, oil, etc.) in prospecting, boring, etc. to strike a bonanza (cf. bonanza n. 1). to strike it rich: to find a rich mineral deposit. Also in similar figurative phrases. to strike oil: see oil n.¹ Phrases 4.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > have good fortune

light?c1225

urec1440

to fall on (also upon) one's feet1574

to fall on (also upon) one's legs1723

to strike it rich1834

to strike oil1860

to luck out1902

to hit the jackpot1910

to bottom on (also upon) gold1926

to strike lucky1951

to hit (also strike, etc.) pay dirt1953

to land on one's feet1958

society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (intransitive)] > find rich mineral deposit

to strike it rich1834

bottom1854

society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > find rich mineral deposit

strike1834

1834 C. F. Hoffman Let. 22 Feb. in Winter in West (1835) II. 47 I hear that he has lately struck a lead.

1852 L. Clappe Lett. from Calif. 216 When a company wish to reach the bedrock as quickly as possible, they sink a shaft..until they ‘strike it’.

1854 California Daily Chron. 19 May 3/7 Messrs. Emory & Bacon, just above the claim of Messrs. Meredith & Co., have also struck it rich.

1862 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. (1917) I. iii. 76 Well, if you haven't ‘struck it rich—’ that is, if the piece of rock you sent me came from a bona fide ledge—and it looks as if it did.

?1863 T. Taylor Ticket-of-leave Man iii. 47 He..had to bolt to Australia—struck an awfully full pocket at the diggings, and is paying off his old ticks like an emperor.

1865 G. W. Gesner A. Gesner's Pract. Treat. Coal (ed. 2) ii. 33 He [sc. the oil-well borer] cannot tell to a certainty that he will ‘strike oil’.

1872 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents at Home xvi. 109 At the end of two months we had never ‘struck’ a pocket.

1875 Eagle (St. John's Coll., Cambr.) IX. 340 He started ‘prospecting’, struck gold, entered his claim.

1885 Manch. Examiner 22 Sept. 4/7 A seam of coal 6 ft. thick has been struck at depths of 441 and 444 yards.

1885 Harper's Mag. Apr. 698/1 Courage and hope are kept up by the expectation of ‘striking it rich’.

1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 56 He said..that as soon as he ‘struck a Bonanza’, he meant to sit around..on week-days too.

1892 Harper's Mag. May 906/2 Water is struck at from 600 to 1200 feet.

figurative and in extended use.1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxi. 180 We struck it mighty lucky.1884 Milnor (Dakota Territory) Teller 18 July Mr. B. is very enthusiastic over his location, and thinks he has struck it rich.1895 Pall Mall Mag. Nov. 329 Ef I'd a smart pard..we might strike a lead of luck.1953 Economist 24 Oct. 248 Senator McCarthy may have struck pay-dirt at last.1975 Sydney Morning Herald 15 Nov. 55 West Indies batsmen struck pay dirt aplenty in the SCG yesterday.1977 A. C. H. Smith Jericho Gun vi. 85 He didn't mind a penny. It was what he had always thought he would do when he struck it.

单词	to strike it rich
释义	> as lemmas to strike it rich d. To come upon, find (a pocket, vein, or seam of mineral, a stratum of water, oil, etc.) in prospecting, boring, etc. to strike a bonanza (cf. bonanza n. 1). to strike it rich: to find a rich mineral deposit. Also in similar figurative phrases. to strike oil: see oil n.¹ Phrases 4. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > have good fortune light?c1225 urec1440 to fall on (also upon) one's feet1574 to fall on (also upon) one's legs1723 to strike it rich1834 to strike oil1860 to luck out1902 to hit the jackpot1910 to bottom on (also upon) gold1926 to strike lucky1951 to hit (also strike, etc.) pay dirt1953 to land on one's feet1958 society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (intransitive)] > find rich mineral deposit to strike it rich1834 bottom1854 society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > find rich mineral deposit strike1834 1834 C. F. Hoffman Let. 22 Feb. in Winter in West (1835) II. 47 I hear that he has lately struck a lead. 1852 L. Clappe Lett. from Calif. 216 When a company wish to reach the bedrock as quickly as possible, they sink a shaft..until they ‘strike it’. 1854 California Daily Chron. 19 May 3/7 Messrs. Emory & Bacon, just above the claim of Messrs. Meredith & Co., have also struck it rich. 1862 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. (1917) I. iii. 76 Well, if you haven't ‘struck it rich—’ that is, if the piece of rock you sent me came from a bona fide ledge—and it looks as if it did. ?1863 T. Taylor Ticket-of-leave Man iii. 47 He..had to bolt to Australia—struck an awfully full pocket at the diggings, and is paying off his old ticks like an emperor. 1865 G. W. Gesner A. Gesner's Pract. Treat. Coal (ed. 2) ii. 33 He [sc. the oil-well borer] cannot tell to a certainty that he will ‘strike oil’. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents at Home xvi. 109 At the end of two months we had never ‘struck’ a pocket. 1875 Eagle (St. John's Coll., Cambr.) IX. 340 He started ‘prospecting’, struck gold, entered his claim. 1885 Manch. Examiner 22 Sept. 4/7 A seam of coal 6 ft. thick has been struck at depths of 441 and 444 yards. 1885 Harper's Mag. Apr. 698/1 Courage and hope are kept up by the expectation of ‘striking it rich’. 1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 56 He said..that as soon as he ‘struck a Bonanza’, he meant to sit around..on week-days too. 1892 Harper's Mag. May 906/2 Water is struck at from 600 to 1200 feet. figurative and in extended use.1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxi. 180 We struck it mighty lucky.1884 Milnor (Dakota Territory) Teller 18 July Mr. B. is very enthusiastic over his location, and thinks he has struck it rich.1895 Pall Mall Mag. Nov. 329 Ef I'd a smart pard..we might strike a lead of luck.1953 Economist 24 Oct. 248 Senator McCarthy may have struck pay-dirt at last.1975 Sydney Morning Herald 15 Nov. 55 West Indies batsmen struck pay dirt aplenty in the SCG yesterday.1977 A. C. H. Smith Jericho Gun vi. 85 He didn't mind a penny. It was what he had always thought he would do when he struck it. extracted from strikev. < as lemmas
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