accretion
美音:
[ək´ri:ʃən
]英音:
[ək´ri:ʃən
]n.增长
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accretion为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:accretionary
词根
cre=to make(制造),to grow(生长) 变化型 cresc
近义词, 同义词
accretion
/ə'kri:ʃn; ə`kriʃən/
n
1 [U]
(a) growth or increase by means of gradual additions (逐渐地)生长, 增大.
(b) the growing of separate things into one 连生; 合生.
2 [C]
(a) added matter that causes such growth 增添物.
(b) thing formed by the addition of such matter 积累而成的东西
*a chimney blocked by an accretion of soot 被聚积的煤烟子所堵塞的烟囱.
accretion
n [U and C]formal
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin;Origin: accretio, from accrescere, from ad- 'to' + crescere 'to grow']
a layer of a substance which slowly forms on something
a gradual process by which new things are added and something gradually changes or gets bigger
1. A chimney blocked by an accretion of soot 被聚积的煤烟子所堵塞的烟囱.
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