| 词汇 | pay-dirt |
| 释义 | pay dirt noun[ U ] US(alsopaydirt)uk /ˈpeɪ ˌdɜːt/ us /ˈpeɪ ˌdɝːt/ ground with something valuable, such as gold or oil, in it: The miners stockpiled their pay dirt for a year or more while awaiting a gully washer to fill their dams. Gold rushes continued into the 19th century as lucky prospectors struck pay dirt. Instead of drilling 10 exploratory wells to find one with oil, the companies now have a 50-50 chance of hitting paydirt. something that produces money or profit for someone, or the money or profit itself: （经搜索或付出努力后所作的）有利发现 Technology is only a tool; the real pay dirt is the customer. The venture hasn't returned the paydirt he expected. Engineering - mining & quarrying anti-mine banksman beneficiation biomining coal coal miner coal mining coalface excavator extract mineral mining oilman OPEC petrodollar pit pithead strip mining unworked workings You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Useful or advantageous hit pay dirt (alsostrike pay dirt) to make money or a profit from a person or activity, especially after making a lot of effort: If a salesperson does not quickly hit pay dirt with a customer they will usually move straight on to someone else. His third book was published in 2010 and struck paydirt. When investigators examined phone records, they hit pay dirt. Archaeologists hit pay dirt on two separate digs this summer. He finally struck pay dirt last year when he was appointed head of the company's sales division. Useful or advantageous a place in the sunidiom advantageous advantageously all-singing amiss asset fecundity fodder foil fruitfully fruitfulness practicality preferential productive productively wholesome wholesomely wholesomeness win-win worthwhile Examples of pay dirtpay dirt Tunnels were then dug in all directions to reach the richest veins of paydirt. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Gold is about to hit paydirt! From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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