| 词汇 | bonanza |
| 词源 | bonanza. Bonanza, for a rich body of gold or silver ore in a mine, or any rich strike, began life as a Spanish word meaning “fair weather at sea.” Miners in California probably learned the word from seamen, who also used it to mean prosperity in gen- eral, and applied bonanza to any rich vein of ore. |
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