hoard /hɔːd/ CET6+ TEM8 ( hoarding, hoarded, hoards )

• 1. 

  V-T If you hoard things such as food or money, you save or store them, often in secret, because they are valuable or important to you. 贮藏

  例：

  They've begun to hoard food and petrol and save their money.

  他们已开始贮藏食物和汽油并攒钱。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A hoard is a store of things that you have saved and that are valuable or important to you or you do not want other people to have. 藏品

  例：

  The case involves a hoard of silver and jewels valued at up to £40m.

  此案涉及价值高达4000万美元的白银和珠宝的收藏品。