hoard

hoard
noun
  1. a stock or store of money or valued objects, typically one that is secret or carefully guarded
    储藏（或秘藏）的钱财（或贵重物品）
    he came back to rescue his little hoard of gold.
    他回来抢救他储藏的一小批金子。
    ■an ancient store of coins or other valuable artifacts
    （古代储存的硬币或贵重古器物的）宝窟
    a hoard of Romano-British bronzes.
    一间储存罗马和英国青铜器的宝窟。
    ■an amassed store of useful information or facts, retained for future use
    情报（库）
    a hoard of secret information about his work.
    一批关于他工作的秘密情报。
verb
  1. [with obj.]amass (money or valued objects) and hide or store away
    隐藏，收藏，聚藏（钱财或贵重物品）
    thousands of antiques hoarded by a compulsive collector.
    一位怪癖的收藏家搜集的几千件古董。
    ■accumulate a supply of (something) in a time of scarcity
    在某物匮乏时）积敛，积聚
    many of the boat people had hoarded rations.
    许多船民已积聚起了配给的口粮。
    ■reserve in the mind for future use
    储存，积累（以备后用）
    [as adj. hoarded]a year's worth of hoarded resentments and grudges.
    积累一年的不满和怨恨。
派生
hoarder
noun
语源
  1. Old English hord (noun), hordian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Hort (noun), horten (verb)
用法
  1. The words hoard and horde have some similarities in meaning and are pronounced the same, so they are therefore sometimes confused. A hoard is ‘a secret stock or store of something’, as in a hoard of treasurewhile a horde is a disparaging word for ‘a large group of people’, as in hordes of fans descended on the stageInstances of hoard being used instead of horde are not uncommon: around 10 per cent of citations for hoard in the British National Corpus are for the incorrect use
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