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auriferous

/aw-rif-er-uhs/US // ɔˈrɪf ər əs //UK // (ɔːˈrɪfərəs) //

含金量高的,含金量高,含金量极高的,含金量大

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : yielding or containing gold.

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Examples

  • It was a romantic and picturesque spot, but there was not a grain of auriferous metal or ore in sight.

  • In many parts of the world epidiorites and the quartz veins which sometimes occur in them have proved to be auriferous.

  • Footnote 2: Machines in which diggers wash the gold from the auriferous soil.

  • Chips taken from the same bar of auriferous lead may show in one place 23 ozs.

  • After crossing the creek, we took a due north course over very rugged quartz ranges of an auriferous character.