English Dictionary

lode

/ləʊd/

noun

(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.

He followed the lode to find the hidden treasure.

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.