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hoard

noun
🔊/hɔːd/
🔊/hɔːrd/
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  1. hoard (of something) a collection of money, food, valuable objects, etc., especially one that somebody keeps in a secret place so that other people will not find or steal it（钱、食物、贵重物品等的）贮存，聚藏；（尤指）秘藏
    • They dug up a hoard of Roman coins.他们挖出一批秘藏的古罗马硬币。
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    • He controls a cash hoard of some $1 billion.他掌握大约 10 亿美元的现金储备。
    • a vast hoard of treasure一大批财宝
    • her secret hoard of food她秘密贮备的食物
    • one of the biggest hoards of Roman coins ever found迄今为止所发现的最大一批秘藏的古罗马硬币
    • Police have uncovered a hoard of stolen goods which may help to trace the fugitives.警方发现了一批或可以帮助追查逃犯的失窃物品。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • large
    • major
    • …
    preposition
    • in hoards
    • hoard of
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    Word OriginOld English hord (noun), hordian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Hort (noun), horten (verb).

hoard

verb
🔊/hɔːd/
🔊/hɔːrd/
 [intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hoard
🔊/hɔːd/
🔊/hɔːrd/
he / she / it hoards
🔊/hɔːdz/
🔊/hɔːrdz/
past simple hoarded
🔊/ˈhɔːdɪd/
🔊/ˈhɔːrdɪd/
past participle hoarded
🔊/ˈhɔːdɪd/
🔊/ˈhɔːrdɪd/
-ing form hoarding
🔊/ˈhɔːdɪŋ/
🔊/ˈhɔːrdɪŋ/
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  1. hoard (something) to collect and keep large amounts of food, money, etc., often secretly贮藏；囤积；（尤指）秘藏
    • The prisoners used to hoard scraps of food in secret places.过去囚犯常把残羹剩饭存放在隐秘的地方。
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    • He had the habit of hoarding newspaper cuttings that interested him.他有囤积令他感兴趣的剪报的习惯。
    • Up to 80 per cent of the grain was hoarded by farms to barter for machinery.多达80%的粮食被农场囤积，以交换机械。
    Topics Moneyc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHoard is used with these nouns as the object:
    • money
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    Word OriginOld English hord (noun), hordian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Hort (noun), horten (verb).