单词 | stockpile |
释义 | stockpilen. Originally U.S. 1. A pile of coal or ore accumulated at the surface after having been mined. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > ore > [noun] > pile of stock1709 monton1858 stockpile1872 1872 Trans. Amer. Soc. Civil Engineers II. 30 This covers the cost from miners' hands to cars or stock pile. 1912 C. E. van Barneveld Iron Mining in Minnesota 140 For lighter stripping work and stock-pile loading, the 70-C Bucyrus is quite largely used. 1958 Engineering 7 Feb. 188/1 Limestone is fed into a swing hammer-mill either direct from tipping lorries or by bulldozing from a stock pile. 2. a. A reserve or store of goods or commodities, esp. one accumulated in anticipation of shortage or market fluctuation. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > source of supply breastOE store1297 teata1382 sponge1603 resource1611 fund1628 quarry1630 stock1638 fond1685 feeder1817 stockpile1942 the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > that which is stored or a store store1487 store1520 reserving1530 staple1549 forestore1556 conserve1586 budget1597 magazine1615 stock1638 stowaway1913 dump1915 bank1918 stockpile1942 society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [noun] > stock > reserve or stock-pile pool product1933 buffer stock1935 buffer pool1940 stockpile1942 1942 Sun (Baltimore) 15 Jan. 1/2 The facilities of new car dealers will be used to store for a year or more an estimated 130,000 new passenger automobiles under a ‘stock pile’ plan. 1943 Times 15 Dec. 5/6 The complete success achieved was due to..the statesmanship of all nations represented, especially those with resources outside their occupied lands and therefore able to make stockpiles of supplies at the expense of other nations less fortunate. 1957 Economist 30 Nov. 791/1 In the postwar years the cartel has not been restrictive. Helped by stockpile buying of industrial diamonds and by a demand for gems as a hedge against inflation, its policy has been to hold prices down rather than force them up. 1958 Manch. Guardian 25 Feb. 16/6 No wool from the British stockpile is included in this week's catalogue. 1962 Economist 20 Jan. 249/3 The United States will not now authorise sales of stockpile tin below £965 a ton. 1970 Listener 23 July 107/3 Most European countries keep a 2 months' stockpile of oil by government command. 1972 D. Haston In High Places xii. 150 The supplies were flowing well through the icefall;..there was a great stockpile at Camp I. b. spec. An accumulation of nuclear weapons. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > store of weapons or equipment > [noun] > of nuclear weapons stockpile1946 1946 Rep. Internat. Control Atomic Energy (Dept. of State, Washington) III. i. 31 How can a strategic balance be maintained between nations so that stockpiles of fissionable materials will not become unduly large in one nation and small in another? 1947 Nature 11 Jan. 48/1 A.D.A. should take over..the right of ensuring that any dangerous products were consumed in [atomic] power plants and that no excessive stockpile be produced. 1955 A. Koestler Trail of Dinosaur 238 The only deterrent against atomic aggression is an atomic stockpile. 1957 Times 6 Nov. 9/6 Mr. Dulles said to-night that the United States was considering the problem of establishing stockpiles of nuclear weapons in Europe for N.A.T.O. forces' use in case of emergency. 1969 Daily Tel. 16 Sept. 22/7 The threat of nuclear war was increasing every day with the mounting nuclear stockpiles. 1976 Survey Summer 193 The total explosive energy that could be released by the strategic stockpile is a measure frequently used to compare US and Soviet forces. c. figurative. ΚΠ 1945 J. Steinbeck Cannery Row xvii. 104 The sea rocks and the beaches were his stock pile. 1957 Listener 21 Nov. 826/1 Imperialist behaviour built stockpiles of national resentment. 1966 Electronics 31 Oct. 23 Stockpiles of good technical men in some of the aerospace companies. 1982 R. Ludlum Parsifal Mosaic viii. 111 What he learned—what he thinks he learned—has turned him into a stockpile of nitro. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). stockpilev. Originally U.S. 1. transitive. Mining. To heap up (ore, coal, etc.) in piles at the surface. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > other (coal-)mining procedures underbeit1670 buck1683 bank1705 bunding1747 urge1758 slappet1811 tamp1819 jowl1825 stack1832 sprag1841 hurry1847 bottom1851 salt1852 pipe1861 mill1868 tram1883 stope1886 sump1910 crow-pick1920 stockpile1921 spec1981 1921 E. W. Davis Magnetic Concentration Iron 136 It may be necessary to mine, crush, and roast perhaps three tons of ore, cob, fine grind, and concentrate two tons of ore, dewater and agglomerate one ton of ore, stockpile one-half ton of ore, and dispose of two tons of tailings. 1937 E. W. Davis Magnetic Roasting of Iron Ore 3 The ore being treated is a coarse tailing product rejected from existing concentration plants. It is in ideal physical condition for this process and is of no value at the present time, altho it has been mined, crushed, and stock-piled. 2. a. To accumulate a stock of (something); spec. to build up a stock of (nuclear weapons). Also absol. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] > collect and store amass1481 accumulatec1487 uphoard1582 harvest1888 stockpile1943 society > armed hostility > military equipment > store of weapons or equipment > store equipment [verb (transitive)] > store nuclear weapons stockpile1943 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Apr. 7/4 The Government at last began to ‘stockpile’ 100 octane gasoline. 1947 Sun (Baltimore) 1 Jan. 6/3 It can be assumed that similar weapons..are now being perfected and stock-piled for future use. 1957 Times 18 Nov. p. xxxii/1 Decisions to buy and stockpile or to hold off and release stocks are, no doubt, dictated by consumer demand. 1959 Listener 16 July 88/2 President De Gaulle's refusal to allow American nuclear warheads to be stockpiled on French territory. 1974 G. Markstein Cooler lxxvii. 254 She..had stock-piled the pills the medical officer gave her until she had collected a fatal dose. 1976 Country Life 11 Mar. 638/2 It looked as if inflation would mean ever-advancing prices so wine merchants..started to stockpile. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1959 News Chron. 9 July 4/5 To stockpile acting talent of splendid calibre. 1959 Daily Tel. 2 Sept. 16/1 Employers urged to ‘stockpile’ labour. 1966 D. F. Galouye Lost Perception xvi. 168 ‘I let you sack in this morning,’ he told Gregson, ‘so you could stockpile your energy.’ 1975 Lang. for Life (Dept. Educ. & Sci.) xxiv. 347 Pre-service education is not a phase in which the intending teacher must stockpile resources for a lifetime. Derivatives ˈstockpiled adj. ΚΠ 1972 Sci. Amer. Jan. 22/1 There could be uncertainties about the performance of stockpiled weapons. 1979 Guardian 23 May 15/1 Agonised consumers deciding whether to take the stock-piled bread out of the freezer and fill it up with petrol. ˈstockpiler n. ΚΠ 1951 Business Week 24 Nov. 26 (heading) Stockpilers are dipping in now and then to keep both civilian and military industry going. Draft additions 1993 3. intransitive. To form a stockpile; to accumulate. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > be stored [verb (intransitive)] > form a stockpile stockpile1961 1961 in N. Webster 1962 M. McLuhan Gutenberg Galaxy 174 As de Chardin explains in his Phenomenon of Man, new invention is the interiorization in man of the structures of earlier technology; and therefore it stockpiles, as it were. 1985 Times 14 Aug. 10/2 Meanwhile grain is stockpiling in other regions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1872v.1921 |
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