2008年10月4日 星期六

Lode


lode







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礦脈

豐富的蘊藏



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–noun 

1. a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous

2. any body of ore (礦) set off from adjacent rock formations

3. a rich supply or source

4. British. a waterway or channel





descent 

The ordeal is over in minutes. Maya doesn’t report it. But she spends the following summer 



sitting on a mother lode of [rage]
 

that will be [unleashed] 



in the film’s finale, a prolonged retaliatory assault in which Maya transforms her pain into sadistic pleasure and [sinks] to Jared’s [level]. 





exorbitant

cf. exuberant

extortion ransom 

extoll

exhort admonish & encourage!!!



avalanche

We received an avalanche of [inquiries].

She was avalanched with [invitations].

blizzard

There was a blizzard of [emails] going back and forth. 



arson

arsenal

The police found an arsenal of [knives and guns] in the terrorists' hideout.

an arsenal of [facts] used in a debate

bunker

a [coal] bunker.  

to bunker an army's [defenses]. 

Deluge 


















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