| 单词 |
accumulating |
| 释义 |
▪ I. accumulating, vbl. n.|əˈkjuːmjʊleɪtɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of heaping up, of gathering, or growing into a heap. Also gerundially.
1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 76 These different matters, in accumulating, form a cone, the necessary shape given by accumulated substances falling from the same given point. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. 15 How the love of accumulating money grows an absorbing passion. attrib.
1852McCulloch Taxation (ed. 2) iii. i. 419 By giving additional force to the accumulating principle, and by stimulating individuals to maintain themselves. ▪ II. accumulating, ppl. a.|əˌkjuːmjʊleɪtɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing2.] Growing into a heap or stock; increasing.
1824Southey Bk. of the Ch. I. 309 A large and accumulating fund of good works, which though supererogatory in the Saints were nevertheless not to be lost. |

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