单词 | hoard |
释义 | hoard/hɔːd /noun 1A stock or store of money or valued objects, typically one that is secret or carefully guarded: he came back to rescue his little hoard of gold...
Synonyms cache, stockpile, stock, store, collection, supply, reserve, reservoir, fund, accumulation, heap, pile, mass, aggregation, conglomeration, treasure house, treasure trove informal stash rare amassment 1.1An ancient store of coins or other valuable artefacts: a hoard of Romano-British bronzes...
1.2An amassed store of useful information, retained for future use: a hoard of secret information about his work...
verb [with object] 1Accumulate (money or valued objects) and hide or store away: thousands of antiques hoarded by a compulsive collector...
Synonyms store, store up, stock up on, stockpile, put aside, put by, put away, lay by, lay in, lay up, set aside, stow away, buy up, cache, amass, heap up, pile up, stack up; collect, save, gather, garner, accumulate, husband, squirrel away, put to one side, put away for a rainy day informal stash away, salt away 1.1Keep in one’s mind for future use: (as adjective hoarded) a year’s worth of hoarded resentments and grudges UsageThe words hoard and horde have some similarities in meaning and are pronounced the same, so it is unsurprising that they are sometimes confused. A hoard is ‘a secret stock or store of something’, as in a hoard of treasure, while a horde is a disparaging word for ‘a large group of people’, as in hordes of fans descended on the stage. Instances of hoard being used instead of horde are not uncommon: around a quarter of citations for hoard in the Oxford English Corpus are for the incorrect use. OriginOld English hord (noun), hordian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Hort (noun), horten (verb).
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