| 词汇 | paydirt |
| 词源 | paydirt. One authority traces this expression to the Chinese pei (to give) used by Chinese miners in California, pay dirt thus meaning “dirt that gives gold.” However, it more likely derives from the fact that it is dirt containing enough gold dust to pay for working it. The expression is first recorded in 1856. |
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