Definition of Lasseter's reef in English:

Lasseter's reef

nounˌlasətəz ˈriːf

Australian informal

A very rich source of something, especially when elusive or mythical.
PC users have stumbled upon a Lasseter's reef of communications possibilities
Example sentencesExamples
- This is as close to finding a Lasseter's reef that you could get.
- A Lasseter's Reef like discovery of 700,000 ounces of high grade gold in an area so remote the prospectors never really got to it.
- They would not have traded this Gospel for a thousand Lasseter's reefs!
- The suspicion that out there among the coral reefs there lies a Lasseter's Reef of oil has meant the search went on.
- Earn it, exchange assets for it or mine it and short of finding Lasseter's Reefs everywhere, gold would quickly have a steady value in exchange.

Origin

1930s: from the name of Lewis Herbert Lasseter (born Harold Bell Lasseter) (1880–1931), an Australian prospector who, in 1929, claimed to have discovered a huge gold-bearing reef in central Australia which has never been found.

词汇	Lasseter's reef
释义	Definition of Lasseter's reef in English: Lasseter's reef nounˌlasətəz ˈriːf Australian informal A very rich source of something, especially when elusive or mythical. PC users have stumbled upon a Lasseter's reef of communications possibilities Example sentencesExamples This is as close to finding a Lasseter's reef that you could get. A Lasseter's Reef like discovery of 700,000 ounces of high grade gold in an area so remote the prospectors never really got to it. They would not have traded this Gospel for a thousand Lasseter's reefs! The suspicion that out there among the coral reefs there lies a Lasseter's Reef of oil has meant the search went on. Earn it, exchange assets for it or mine it and short of finding Lasseter's Reefs everywhere, gold would quickly have a steady value in exchange. Origin 1930s: from the name of Lewis Herbert Lasseter (born Harold Bell Lasseter) (1880–1931), an Australian prospector who, in 1929, claimed to have discovered a huge gold-bearing reef in central Australia which has never been found.
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