amass

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əˈmæs/    美 /əˈmæs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large number of things collected or piled together. obsolete
    — [T]his Pillar [the "Compounded Order"] is nothing in effect, but a Medlie, or an Amaſſe of all the precedent Ornaments, making a nevv kinde, by ſtealth, and though the moſt richly tricked, yet the pooreſt in this, that he is a borrovver of all his Beautie.
  2. The act of amassing. obsolete
    — He [the general] must neuer permit the Captaines to depart from the place, where he made the Amasse and collection of the Companies, with their bands out of order or disseuered, although they should depart to some place neere adioyning, vnlesse he were forced by some occasion of great necessity and importance:
动词 v.
  1. To collect into a mass or heap. transitive
  2. to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate. transitive
    — to amass a treasure or a fortune
  3. To accumulate; to assemble. intransitive

词形变化

amasses present,singular,third-person amassing participle,present amassed participle,past amassed past amasses plural

词汇关系

近义词
mound pile pile up stack up amound collect gather hoard amass engross get up intreasure niggard packrat rathole squirrel away uphoard
反义词
declutter distribute unhoard
上位词
round up
衍生词
amassable amasser amassment reamass
相关词
accumulate lot

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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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