original Middle English spelling of load (n.), and custodian of most of the original meaning of "way, course, carrying." Differentiation in sense took place 16c. Mining sense of "vein of metal ore" is from c. 1600, from notion of miners "following" it through the rock.
例文
1. Her own experiences have provided her with a mother lode of material for her songs.
彼女自身の経歴は彼女の歌にとって取りきれない素材を提供した。
2.To displace or move a vein lode 、or stratum、for example.
(地層、鉱脈など)転位、スライド置換または移動(例えば、水脈、鉱脈、地層など)
We discovered the rich lode bellied out.
豊富な鉱脈が突然増大したことを発見した。
4. Lode parameters are used to analyze the stress and the strain of the flange in calendering.
圧延プロセス中のフランジ部分に対して羅代パラメータを適用して応力とひずみ解析を行った。
5.Its narrow-mindedness,complacency and conformism are mother lode of material for sitcom writers and novelists.