| 词汇 | mother lode |
| 词源 | mother lode. In contemporary speech, mother lode is used as a synonym for “jackpot.” Its literal meaning since the 1880s is a principal vein of ore in a mine; also, capitalized, the Mother Lode of the Sierra Nevada, a great California quartz vein run- ning from Mariposa to Amador. |
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