accumulate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/    /əˈkju.mjəˌleɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent. transitive
    — He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.
  2. To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number. intransitive
    — With her company going bankrupt, her divorce, and a gambling habit, debts started to accumulate so she had to sell her house.
  3. To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual. dated
形容词 adj.
  1. Collected; accumulated. not-comparable,poetic,rare

词形变化

accumulates present,singular,third-person accumulating participle,present accumulated participle,past accumulated past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.?
Latin cumulus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin cumulō
Latin accumulō
Latin accumulātusbor.
Middle English accumylaten
English accumulate
First attested c. 1487; from Middle English accumylaten, borrowed from Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“to amass, pile up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumulō (“to heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French accumuler.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.?
Latin cumulus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin cumulō
Latin accumulō
Latin accumulātusbor.
Middle English accumylaten
English accumulate
First attested c. 1487; from Middle English accumylaten, borrowed from Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“to amass, pile up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumulō (“to heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French accumuler.
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