English Dictionary

lode

IPA（発音記号）

/ləʊd/

名詞

廃用 方言 広義

(obsolete) A way or path; a road. / (dialectal) A watercourse. / (mining) A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure. / (by extension) A rich source of supply.

日本語の意味

（古語）道筋、通り道、道路 / （方言）水が流れる道筋、水路 / （鉱山用語）一定の境界または亀裂内に存在する金属鉱石の鉱脈 / （比喩的）豊かな資源、供給源

The shepherd showed us the ancient lode that led along the ridge.

羊飼いは尾根に沿って続く古い道を私たちに見せてくれた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) A way or path; a road.

意味（2）

(dialectal) A watercourse.

意味（3）

(mining) A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure.

The metals traditionally sought in the Bristol Bay region have been gold and copper, mostly in deposits near Lake Iliamna. An exception is a gold lode discovered about 1930 near Sleitat Mountain (4), where about $200 in gold was recovered from small quartz veins near the periphery of a small granitic intrusive body.

意味（4）

(by extension) A rich source of supply.

In recent years, Jack Grieve of the department of English and linguistics at the University of Birmingham in England has embraced Twitter as a bountiful lode for looking at language-use patterns.

lodes （ plural ）