amass

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vt. 积聚, 堆积

发音

US /əˈmæs/
UK /əˈmæs/

词形变化

amasses 复数 amasses amassed amasses 三单 amassest amasseth amassing amassing 现在分词 amassed 过去式 amassed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

积聚，积累

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A large number of things collected or piled together.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    The act of amassing.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To collect into a mass or heap.

    积聚

    及物
  2. 2.

    to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.

    及物

    to amass a treasure or a fortune

    to amass words or phrases

  3. 3.

    To accumulate; to assemble.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 9

collect gather accumulate hoard conglomerate compile pile up cumulate roll up

上位词 6

store increase put in stash away lay in salt away

下位词 10

save catch collect gather scratch fund drift lump assemble scrape

词源

From Middle English *amassen (found only as Middle English massen (“to amass”)), from Anglo-Norman amasser, from Medieval Latin amassāre, from ad + massa (“lump, mass”). See mass.

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