hoardとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English hord, from 古期英語 hord (“an accumulation of valuable objects cached for preservation または future use; treasure; hoard”), from Proto-West Germanic *hoʀd, from Proto-Germanic *huzdą (“treasure; hoard”), of unknown origin, but possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *kewdʰ- (“to conceal, hide”), thus meaning “something hidden”.^[1] Cognate with German Hort (“hoard; refuge”), Icelandic hodd (“treasure”), Latin cū̆stōs (“guard; keeper”).

名詞

hoard (複数形 hoards)

1. A hidden supply or fund.

   a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money

2. (archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.

派生語

動詞

hoard (三人称単数 現在形 hoards, 現在分詞 hoarding, 過去形および過去分詞形 hoarded)

1. To amass, usually for one's own private collection.

同意語

• engross, uphoard; see also Thesaurus:amass

反意語

• declutter

派生語

• hoarder

関連する語

• hoarder
• hoardy

参照

語源 2

See hoarding.

名詞

hoard (複数形 hoards)

1. A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction).
2. A projecting structure (especially of wood) in a fortification, somewhat similar to and later superseded by the brattice.
   • 1993, Christopher C. Henige, Church Fortification in the Périgord:

     Eventually, the wooden hoards gave way to similar stone constructions called bretèches. These served exactly the same purpose as the hoard, sometimes being built over the same corbel brackets that had once supported hoards […]

3. A hoarding (billboard).

名詞

hoard

1. Misspelling of horde.

参考

• Hoarding on Wikipedia.
• hoard (archaeology) on Wikipedia.
• horde

アナグラム

• Rhoad, Rhoda, hadro-