lode

/ləʊd/ (bre, ipa) · /ləʊd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈlōd/ (ame, mw)

lode — noun

  • lodesingular
  • lodesplural

1. a band of rock underground that contains ore which people mine for metal

1.名詞C1
釋義

a band of rock underground that contains ore which people mine for metal

例句

The crew struck a copper lode after drilling beneath the old hillside farm.

strike a copper lode while drilling

Ayesha mapped the gold lode that ran behind the river cliff.

gold lode running through rock

同義詞
  • vein

    close in meaning, but often suggests a narrower streak in rock

  • deposit

    broader and more technical; can refer to many kinds of material, not only ore in a lode

  • ore

    the rock material being mined, not the underground body where it lies

文法句型

a copper lode under the hill

strike a rich lode

follow a lode through rock

用法筆記

Usually used in geology or mining. A lode is the deposit inside the rock itself, not the metal after it has been taken out.

常見錯誤

❌The factory melted the lode into metal bars.
✅The factory melted the ore from the lode into metal bars.
💡A lode is the underground deposit; ore is the material removed from it.