motherlode
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?m?e.?.l??d]
- 美式音標(biāo) [-?.lo?d]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- 主礦脈;礦產(chǎn)和其他自然豐富的地區(qū), 主產(chǎn)區(qū);主要供應(yīng)來(lái)源。
英漢例句
- The Pacific Northwest has been the motherlode of the nation's aluminum output for 60 years. 太平洋西北60多年來(lái)一直是這個(gè)國(guó)家鋁礦的主產(chǎn)地。
- Cairn Energy recently struck the motherlode of oil fields in India. 卡恩能源最近在印度的油田找到了產(chǎn)油層。
- The flight data recorder had documented about 200 pieces of information, a motherlode for crash investigators. 飛行記錄儀存貯了200條資訊,是飛行事故調(diào)查員的主要資訊來(lái)源。
- With this market, vintage clothes shoppers have hit the motherlode. 有了這個(gè)市場(chǎng),買舊款服裝的人算是找到了好地方。
noun [ C usually singular ]
英英字典
- a place that has very large supplies of a mineral or other natural resource