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英语单词 hoard
英美音标 英 [hɔːd] 美 [hɔːrd]
中文释义 n.贮藏
v.贮藏;储存
英语例句 (1) The squirrel kept his hoard in a tree.
(2) They dug up a hoard of Roman coins.
(3) A large number of animals hoard plant seeds.
(4) Money is not something to hoard.
(5) We should hoard more winter vegetables like cabbages.
(6) Not surprisingly, some governments choose to hoard aid rather than spend it.
中文例句 (1) 这只松鼠把吃的东西藏在树里。
(2) 他们挖出了一批埋藏的古罗马硬币。
(3) 许多动物有贮藏植物种子的行为。
(4) 金钱不是用来贮藏得东西。
(5) 像白菜这种冬令蔬菜还是要多储存一些。
(6) 一些政府选择将援助储存起来而不是花销出去也就毫不奇怪了。
vocabulary简明 To hoard is to save something (or lots of things) for future use. Squirrels hoard nuts for the winter. Old ladies tend to hoard canned food and used plastic bags.
vocabulary扩展 People have been using the word hoard for both "to hide" and "treasure" for centuries; as both a verb and as a noun. Some hoard valuables, such as money, jewelry, and family antiques. Others build up a hoard, or cache, of things that aren't worth money but are important to them — like comic books or match books.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]贮藏;囤积 If you hoard things such as food or money, you save or store them, often in secret, because they are valuable or important to you.
  [V n]
  [V]
  [V-ed]
  • They've begun to hoard food and gasoline and save their money...

    他们已经存钱并开始贮藏食物和汽油。

  • Consumers did not spend and create jobs; they hoarded...

    消费者并没有消费进而创造就业机会,他们把钱都存起来了。

  • The tea was sweetened with a hoarded tin of condensed milk.

    用贮藏的一罐炼乳为茶添加了甜味。

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  • Most hoarders have favorite hiding places.

    多数喜好聚藏东西的人都有自己最喜欢的贮藏处。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]贮藏物;隐藏物;收藏物 A hoard is a store of things that you have saved and that are valuable or important to you or you do not want other people to have.
  [oft N of n]
  • The case involves a hoard of silver and jewels valued at up to $40m.

    此案涉及密藏的一批价值高达4,000万美元的银子和珠宝。

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