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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhoardhoard1 /hɔːd $ hɔːrd/ noun [countable] KEEP/STOREa collection of things that someone hides somewhere, especially so they can use them laterhoard of the discovery of a hoard of gold coinsExamples from the Corpushoard• This was supposed to be a set of professional fence-building equipment, but actually looked like a hoard of junk.• But since people sometimes tied money into the knot of a large kerchief, it also means a hoard of money.• The distribution of hoards might also be expected to reflect patterns of warfare and of wealth.• And somewhere inside it, was the Presley hoard, or was going to be real shortly.• I kept my own secret hoard of chocolate cookies in a big tin under the sink.• Nor can the hoards be closely related to the campaigns of the war. hoard of• a hoard of weaponshoardhoard2 (also hoard up) verb [transitive] KEEP/STOREto collect and save large amounts of food, money etc, especially when it is not necessary to do so families who hoarded food during the strike —hoarder noun [countable] I’m a hoarder when it comes to clothes.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpushoard• Typically, sodium ions are excluded and potassium ions are hoarded.• That tends to make people want to hoard.• Everyone knows it is illegal to hoard a spot.• Life is hoarded elsewhere by others.• My grandmother hoards everything - jam jars, plastic bags, pieces of string - her house is a mess.• They've been hoarding food and water, convinced that some kind of catastrophe is coming.• All those words he had hoarded for so long and released so grudgingly.• Torney, who hoards old Harley-Davidson metallic signs for his own pleasure, was proud of his purchase that Sunday.• Some gasoline dealers began hoarding supplies.• He had hoarded the butt-ends of candles as another prisoner would hoard pieces of food.• The secret, almost inaccessible haven where the black-robed savants hoarded the wisdom that sustained the people of Arcadia.From Longman Business Dictionaryhoardhoard1 /hɔːdhɔːrd/ verb [transitive] to collect and save large amounts of something in order to sell it later at a high price or because you think there might not be enough available in the futureBanks must be discouraged from hoarding dollars.He accused big companies of hoarding available stocks of grain. —hoarder noun [countable]America is the biggest official gold hoarder.→ See Verb tablehoardhoard2 noun [countable] a store of money or goods kept to be used or sold in the futureThe company has a large cash hoard.Origin hoard1 Old English hord

单词	hoard
释义	hoard From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhoardhoard1 /hɔːd $ hɔːrd/ noun [countable] KEEP/STOREa collection of things that someone hides somewhere, especially so they can use them laterhoard of the discovery of a hoard of gold coinsExamples from the Corpushoard• This was supposed to be a set of professional fence-building equipment, but actually looked like a hoard of junk.• But since people sometimes tied money into the knot of a large kerchief, it also means a hoard of money.• The distribution of hoards might also be expected to reflect patterns of warfare and of wealth.• And somewhere inside it, was the Presley hoard, or was going to be real shortly.• I kept my own secret hoard of chocolate cookies in a big tin under the sink.• Nor can the hoards be closely related to the campaigns of the war. hoard of• a hoard of weaponshoardhoard2 (also hoard up) verb [transitive] KEEP/STOREto collect and save large amounts of food, money etc, especially when it is not necessary to do so families who hoarded food during the strike —hoarder noun [countable] I’m a hoarder when it comes to clothes.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpushoard• Typically, sodium ions are excluded and potassium ions are hoarded.• That tends to make people want to hoard.• Everyone knows it is illegal to hoard a spot.• Life is hoarded elsewhere by others.• My grandmother hoards everything - jam jars, plastic bags, pieces of string - her house is a mess.• They've been hoarding food and water, convinced that some kind of catastrophe is coming.• All those words he had hoarded for so long and released so grudgingly.• Torney, who hoards old Harley-Davidson metallic signs for his own pleasure, was proud of his purchase that Sunday.• Some gasoline dealers began hoarding supplies.• He had hoarded the butt-ends of candles as another prisoner would hoard pieces of food.• The secret, almost inaccessible haven where the black-robed savants hoarded the wisdom that sustained the people of Arcadia.From Longman Business Dictionaryhoardhoard1 /hɔːdhɔːrd/ verb [transitive] to collect and save large amounts of something in order to sell it later at a high price or because you think there might not be enough available in the futureBanks must be discouraged from hoarding dollars.He accused big companies of hoarding available stocks of grain. —hoarder noun [countable]America is the biggest official gold hoarder.→ See Verb tablehoardhoard2 noun [countable] a store of money or goods kept to be used or sold in the futureThe company has a large cash hoard.Origin hoard1 Old English hord
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