单词 | gold hoard |
释义 | gold hoardn. A hoard of gold; treasure.In quot. eOE1 in sense ‘storehouse, treasury’, rendering classical Latin thēsaurus; see discussion in etymology. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] > hoarded wealth > treasure > a hoard of gold hoardeOE eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) cxxxiv. 8 (7) Qui producit uentos de thesauris suis : se forðlaedeð windas of goldhordum his. eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 418 Her Romane gesomnodon al þa goldhord þe on Bretene wæron & sume on eorþan ahyddon. OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 300 Se þe dælð ælmyssan for his drihtnes lufan se behyt his goldhord on heofonan rice. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 120 Golt hord is goddede þet is to heouene iefned. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 2118 (MED) On of hem seith that he mette Wher he a goldhord scholde fette..this Emperour..bad His Mynours forto go and myne. a1450 Seven Sages (Cambr. Dd.1.17) (1845) l. 2004 (MED) Undir the pyler..Ther hys a golde hord bygune. 1651 J. Harington Hist. Polindor & Flostella ii. 52 Slip down that board Oth' wall, there's twenty pound (Gold-hoord) Take it, and th' whole Freehold dispose As thine. 1853 Examiner 1 Jan. Yet would all this leave the bulk of the gold hoards unmoved. 1882 Eclectic Mag. July 43/2 The eagles counsel Sigurd to take possession of the gold-hoard. 1932 Pop. Mech. Nov. 126 a/2 There are in existence today, at least five caches, made by the Incas... Among these..[is]..the gold hoard of the lake on Mount Soratu. 1960 Jet 10 Nov. 44 Katanga Premier Moise Tshombe has smuggled a gold hoard estimated at $50,000,000 to Switzerland as backing for an independent Katanga currency. 2017 Daily Mail (Nexis) 1 Mar. The find, in Leek, Staffordshire, is not far from the biggest gold hoard ever found in the UK—worth £3.3million. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE |
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