lode
/ləʊd/noun
1- a vein of metal ore in the earth矿脉。
1.1
- in sing. figurative a rich source of something〈喻〉丰富的蕴藏：
a rich lode of scandal and alleged crime.
丑闻和犯罪传闻的丰富源泉。
词源
Old English lād 'way, course', variant of LOAD. The term denoted a watercourse in late Middle English and a lodestone in the early 16th cent. The current sense dates from the early 17th cent.