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单词 squirrelling
释义 squirrelling, vbl. n.
[f. squirrel v.]
1. Hunting squirrels. Obs.
1594Lyly Mother Bombie ii. ii, I thinke Lucio be gone a squirelling, but Ile squirell him for it.
2. Hoarding, saving up; storing away.
1960Listener 31 Mar. 564/2 Surplus hours..used either to offset the effect of tight times, or as a safeguard against situations when..work became short, and time had to be booked at the ‘lower’ time rate. I have heard this practice described as ‘squirrelling’ in other industries.1965Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Feb. 1 Presumably, the worsening could result from public hoarding of the new coins or the squirreling away of old ones as keepsakes.1969Daily Tel. 31 July 15/1 We resolved to resist all temptations to lay in 1969 supplies of anything which remained in bulk from 1968's feverish squirrelling.1972Guardian 25 Sept. 8/1 The specialist's squirrelling of facts.
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