英语词汇“accumulate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

accumulateaccumulate /əˈkyumyəˌleɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb

ETYMOLOGYaccumulate

Origin: 1400-1500 Latin, past participle of accumulare, from ad- to + cumulare to pile up

VERB TABLE

accumulate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	accumulate
	he, she, it	accumulates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	accumulated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have accumulated
	he, she, it	has accumulated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had accumulated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will accumulate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have accumulated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am accumulating
	he, she, it	is accumulating
	you, we, they	are accumulating
Past	I, he, she, it	was accumulating
	you, we, they	were accumulating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been accumulating
	he, she, it	has been accumulating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been accumulating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be accumulating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been accumulating

1[transitive] to gradually get more and more money, possessions, knowledge, etc. over a period of time: Martin had accumulated $80,000 in debt.2[intransitive] to gradually increase in numbers or amount until there is a large quantity in one place: Fat tends to accumulate around the hips and thighs. In the water cycle, the water runs down the mountains in streams and accumulates in lakes and ponds.—accumulation /əˌkyumyəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]: a large accumulation of snow