hoard

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hoard1 /hɔːd $ hɔːrd/ noun [countable]  KEEP/STOREa collection of things that someone hides somewhere, especially so they can use them later 贮存；秘藏hoard of the discovery of a hoard of gold coins 一批秘藏金币的发现

Examples from the Corpus

hoard• 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 weaponshoard2 (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 贮藏，囤积〔尤指没有必要这么做〕 families who hoarded food during the strike 罢工期间囤积食品的家庭 —hoarder noun [countable] I’m a hoarder when it comes to clothes. 我是个爱囤衣服的人。→ See Verb table

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hoard• 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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hoard¹ /hɔːd $ hɔːrd/ noun [countable]a collection of things that someone hides somewhere, especially so they can use them later
    hoard of
    the discovery of a hoard of gold coins

II

hoard² (also hoard up) verb [transitive]
to 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.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ keep to leave something in one particular place so that you can find it easily: Where do you keep the scissors? | The keys are kept in my office.
   ▪ store to put things away and keep them until you need them: Villagers have begun storing wood for the winter.
   ▪ save to keep something so that you can use or enjoy it in the future: He had been saving the bottle of champagne for a special occasion. | We can save the rest of the pie for later.
   ▪ file to store papers or information in a particular order or a particular place: All the contracts are filed alphabetically.
   ▪ collect to get and keep objects of the same type because you think they are attractive or interesting: Kate collects old postcards.
   ▪ hold to keep something to be used when it is needed, especially something that many different people may need to use: Medical records are now usually held on computers.
   ▪ reserve formal to keep part of something for use at a later time during a process such as cooking: Reserve some of the chocolate so that you can use it for decorating the cake.
   ▪ hoard to keep large amounts of food, money etc because you think you may not be able to get them in the future – used when you do not approve of people doing this because it is not necessary or not fair to other people: People have been hoarding food and fuel in case there is another attack. | Rationing of basic food products was introduced to prevent hoarding.