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Definition of stockpile in English: stockpilenoun ˈstɒkpʌɪlˈstɑkˌpaɪl A large accumulated stock of goods or materials, especially one held in reserve for use at a time of shortage or other emergency. (供紧缺或应急时用)储备商品(或物资) a stockpile of sandbags was being prepared a stockpile of nuclear weapons Example sentencesExamples - America would provide a safer form of atomic energy to prevent the production of a growing stockpile of nuclear weapons material.
- In fact, 47 thousand tonnes of mineralised material sits in a stockpile at the site unprocessed.
- As the stockpile of supplies has quickly disappeared so more people have joined in the ruckus, desperate to get their hands on anything remaining.
- To date, U.S. weapons inspectors have not been able to find stockpiles of biological agents or signs of an active nuclear program.
- Dealers fear the storm will tighten fuel supplies, which are much lower than relatively robust crude stockpiles and more difficult to replace.
- The U.S. search, however, has so far not found any actual stockpiles of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons.
- No relief for prices after the Department of Energy said refiners can borrow oil from the nation's emergency stockpiles.
- As of August, 61 countries had destroyed their stockpiles of land mines.
- Russia and the United States continue to maintain enormous stockpiles of fissile material.
- The Marines had established a large stockpile of supplies at Chinhung-ni.
- As long as there are stockpiles of nuclear weapons in the world, the possibility of nuclear terrorism remains.
- We thought there was going to be stockpiles of weapons.
- The United States has ordered more supplies, but at these levels U.S. stockpiles would treat less than two percent of the population.
- The price of nickel was also down in London overnight after stockpiles rose, hurting miners, including Minara Resources and Jubilee Mines.
- So much aid has poured in to Indonesia, in fact, that one of the biggest problems the American marines now face is moving supplies from airport stockpiles to the areas devastated by the tsunami.
- Until very recently, tremendous concern has been related to the immense stockpile of nuclear weapons.
- Some experts have also suggested the government fund a stockpile of backup components for the energy sector.
- When a conflict occurs, demand for supplies increases dramatically and existing stockpiles of materiel are depleted quickly.
- Both America and Russia massively built up their stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
- Over the next ten years both sides will reduce their operational stockpiles of nuclear weapons to between 1,700 and 2,200 warheads each.
Synonyms stock, store, supply, accumulation, collection, reserve, hoard, cache bank, pool, fund, mine, reservoir arsenal rare amassment
verbˈstɒkpʌɪlˈstɑkˌpaɪl [with object]Accumulate a large stock of (goods or materials) 大量储备,贮存(商品,物资) he claimed that the weapons were being stockpiled 他声称正在大量储备武器。 Example sentencesExamples - He rented a storage locker in a nearby town and stockpiled food, water and weapons.
- We looked at how much people ate when food was stockpiled - when they bought it in bulk at stores like Sam's Club.
- Its commodity manager was stockpiling the metal just as its engineers were minimizing the amount needed in its catalytic converters.
- Either it takes cat food a while to get here from the US or someone somewhere is really stockpiling the stuff.
- Developed nations across the globe have stockpiled smallpox vaccines.
- We stockpiled the material and will utilize it as fill in washouts and other projects around our yard.
- He slithered into the far-right underground, began stockpiling food, water and guns.
- Some people have responded to the threat of bioterrorism by stockpiling food, antibiotics and other goods.
- He said he believed then she had been stockpiling tablets at home and he emptied the kitchen cupboard where she kept them.
- The UNHCR and the International Committee of the Red Cross are stockpiling materials in the region.
- Food was stockpiled in their remote farmhouse, emergency contingencies were organised, a vegetable plot established.
- Aid agencies are stockpiling food, tents and medical supplies in the Middle East in anticipation of up to one million refugees fleeing to neighbouring countries.
- Washington is stockpiling vaccines and drugs and boosting research into new detection devices and treatments.
- They also stockpiled enough food and water for about eight days.
- My family kitchen resembled the storehouses of those early American frontiersmen who stockpiled food for months at a time.
- The Government unveiled plans to cope with a deadly flu pandemic, including stockpiling an anti-viral drug.
- It can also be revealed that the Department of Health is considering stockpiling the same vaccine for use on civilians in the event of an attempt to spread the plague in the UK.
- Several hundred tons of the richer oxidized material were stockpiled on the dump.
- We have stockpiled water and medical supplies, and also built some wells near first aid centres.
- When I am not watching Days of Our Lives or stockpiling cereal, historic early American desserts are one of my hobbies.
Synonyms store up, amass, accumulate, hoard, cache, collect, gather, pile up, heap up, lay in, put away, put/set aside, put down, put by, put away for a rainy day, stow away, keep, keep in reserve, save informal squirrel away, salt away, stash away
Derivativesnoun It's about the US itself - that great stockpiler, developer and user of chemical and biological weapons. Example sentencesExamples - He's a born stockpiler.
- He says that, like Parmalat, Gossner Foods got a boost from Y2K stockpilers in 1999 and now, those concerned about an energy crunch.
- Capricorns aren't pack rats; you're stockpilers.
- At that time, he detailed his indictment of Iraq as a deceptive stockpiler of weapons of mass destruction.
Definition of stockpile in US English: stockpilenounˈstäkˌpīlˈstɑkˌpaɪl A large accumulated stock of goods or materials, especially one held in reserve for use at a time of shortage or other emergency. (供紧缺或应急时用)储备商品(或物资) Example sentencesExamples - Over the next ten years both sides will reduce their operational stockpiles of nuclear weapons to between 1,700 and 2,200 warheads each.
- No relief for prices after the Department of Energy said refiners can borrow oil from the nation's emergency stockpiles.
- As long as there are stockpiles of nuclear weapons in the world, the possibility of nuclear terrorism remains.
- Both America and Russia massively built up their stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
- Russia and the United States continue to maintain enormous stockpiles of fissile material.
- Dealers fear the storm will tighten fuel supplies, which are much lower than relatively robust crude stockpiles and more difficult to replace.
- In fact, 47 thousand tonnes of mineralised material sits in a stockpile at the site unprocessed.
- The price of nickel was also down in London overnight after stockpiles rose, hurting miners, including Minara Resources and Jubilee Mines.
- The Marines had established a large stockpile of supplies at Chinhung-ni.
- We thought there was going to be stockpiles of weapons.
- So much aid has poured in to Indonesia, in fact, that one of the biggest problems the American marines now face is moving supplies from airport stockpiles to the areas devastated by the tsunami.
- Until very recently, tremendous concern has been related to the immense stockpile of nuclear weapons.
- America would provide a safer form of atomic energy to prevent the production of a growing stockpile of nuclear weapons material.
- The United States has ordered more supplies, but at these levels U.S. stockpiles would treat less than two percent of the population.
- Some experts have also suggested the government fund a stockpile of backup components for the energy sector.
- The U.S. search, however, has so far not found any actual stockpiles of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons.
- As of August, 61 countries had destroyed their stockpiles of land mines.
- When a conflict occurs, demand for supplies increases dramatically and existing stockpiles of materiel are depleted quickly.
- As the stockpile of supplies has quickly disappeared so more people have joined in the ruckus, desperate to get their hands on anything remaining.
- To date, U.S. weapons inspectors have not been able to find stockpiles of biological agents or signs of an active nuclear program.
Synonyms stock, store, supply, accumulation, collection, reserve, hoard, cache
verbˈstäkˌpīlˈstɑkˌpaɪl [with object]Accumulate a large stock of (goods or materials) 大量储备,贮存(商品,物资) he claimed that the weapons were being stockpiled 他声称正在大量储备武器。 Example sentencesExamples - The Government unveiled plans to cope with a deadly flu pandemic, including stockpiling an anti-viral drug.
- My family kitchen resembled the storehouses of those early American frontiersmen who stockpiled food for months at a time.
- Developed nations across the globe have stockpiled smallpox vaccines.
- We looked at how much people ate when food was stockpiled - when they bought it in bulk at stores like Sam's Club.
- Aid agencies are stockpiling food, tents and medical supplies in the Middle East in anticipation of up to one million refugees fleeing to neighbouring countries.
- The UNHCR and the International Committee of the Red Cross are stockpiling materials in the region.
- He slithered into the far-right underground, began stockpiling food, water and guns.
- We stockpiled the material and will utilize it as fill in washouts and other projects around our yard.
- He said he believed then she had been stockpiling tablets at home and he emptied the kitchen cupboard where she kept them.
- Some people have responded to the threat of bioterrorism by stockpiling food, antibiotics and other goods.
- When I am not watching Days of Our Lives or stockpiling cereal, historic early American desserts are one of my hobbies.
- Food was stockpiled in their remote farmhouse, emergency contingencies were organised, a vegetable plot established.
- He rented a storage locker in a nearby town and stockpiled food, water and weapons.
- Its commodity manager was stockpiling the metal just as its engineers were minimizing the amount needed in its catalytic converters.
- It can also be revealed that the Department of Health is considering stockpiling the same vaccine for use on civilians in the event of an attempt to spread the plague in the UK.
- They also stockpiled enough food and water for about eight days.
- We have stockpiled water and medical supplies, and also built some wells near first aid centres.
- Washington is stockpiling vaccines and drugs and boosting research into new detection devices and treatments.
- Either it takes cat food a while to get here from the US or someone somewhere is really stockpiling the stuff.
- Several hundred tons of the richer oxidized material were stockpiled on the dump.
Synonyms store up, amass, accumulate, hoard, cache, collect, gather, pile up, heap up, lay in, put away, put aside, set aside, put down, put by, put away for a rainy day, stow away, keep, keep in reserve, save |