strike gold/oil etcFINDto find a supply of gold, oil etc in the ground or under the sea 〔尤指经过挖掘〕找到黄金/石油等 If they strike oil, drilling will begin early next year. 如果他们找到石油,明年年初就要开始钻井。
strike gold/oil etc• Oxford City Women's cross country team has struck gold.• That's where I struck gold.• Within a week of returning he had struck gold.• Twigg, the reigning world champ in pursuit, should strike gold again.• They struck gold in Kalgorlie in 1893. 100 years on and they're celebrating another major rush.• It was like striking gold or falling rapturously in love: he possessed secret knowledge that his Germantown friends could scarcely imagine.• If they do strike oil, there will be another test well in about a year's time.• You really have struck gold there.
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