hoard

秘蔵品、蓄え

後で使うために隠しておいた、貴重品や食料、お金の蓄え。

やさしい英語で： A supply of valuable things, food, or money kept hidden for later use.

• They found a hoard of coins.
• She kept a small hoard of food under her bed.
• The buried hoard contained silver cups.

使い方： a hoard of something (Workers discovered a hoard of ancient coins.)

類義語： stash, cache, stockpile

よく使う表現： a hidden hoard, a coin hoard, hoard of gold

ため込む

物を大量に集めて保管し続ける。必要以上に集めることも多い。

やさしい英語で： To keep collecting and storing large amounts of things, often more than you need.

• He hoards old magazines.
• People began hoarding food during the shortage.
• Why do you hoard things you never use?

類義語： stockpile, stash, accumulate

よく使う表現： hoard money, hoard food, hoard old newspapers