stockpile
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈstɒkpaɪl/
美 /ˈstɑkˌpaɪl/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.
— Under the rice subsidy program, Yingluck [Shinawatra]'s administration paid farmers up to 50 percent more than market prices for their rice. The policy was popular with farmers but left Thailand with huge rice stockpiles and caused $8 billion in losses.
- A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.; A supply of nuclear weapons kept by a country; a nuclear stockpile.
- A pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined.
动词 v.
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To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).
— He stockpiled weapons and took pot shots in the air / He feasted on their lovely bodies like a lunatic
- To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).; To build up a stock of (nuclear weapons).
- To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.
- To build up a supply; to accumulate.
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词源 1
The noun is derived from stock (“supply of anything ready for use”) + pile (“mass of things heaped together”). The verb is derived from the noun.
词源 2
The noun is derived from stock (“supply of anything ready for use”) + pile (“mass of things heaped together”). The verb is derived from the noun.
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