hoarding
/ˈhɔːdɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhɔːrdɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhȯr-diŋ/ (ame, mw)
hoarding — 名詞
- hoardingsingular
- hoardingsplural
1. a huge flat sign, usually mounted high beside a road or on a building wall, wher
廣告看板
路邊或建築外的大型廣告牌
a huge flat sign, usually mounted high beside a road or on a building wall, where companies pay to display advertising posters.
A bright red hoarding for a new pizza chain stood beside the motorway near Manchester.
曼徹斯特高速公路旁立著一面鮮紅色的披薩連鎖店廣告看板。
common pattern: a hoarding for [product/brand]
Nicholas drove past a giant hoarding showing a smiling family in a small electric car.
Nicholas 開車經過一面巨大廣告看板，上面是一家人坐在小型電動車裡微笑。
The local council voted to remove every hoarding from the historic high street.
地方議會投票決定，把歷史悠久的大街上所有廣告看板都拆除。
Workers in orange vests were pasting a film poster onto the hoarding above the train station.
穿橘色背心的工人正在火車站上方的廣告看板貼上電影海報。
Ryo took a photo of a glowing hoarding in Piccadilly Circus to show his class.
Ryo 在皮卡迪利圓環拍下一面發亮的廣告看板，要拿給班上同學看。
- billboard
the standard American word for the same thing
- advertising board
more general; describes any sign carrying ads
文法句型
a hoarding for [product/event]
用法筆記
Mostly British usage; American English prefers 'billboard' for the same object.
常見錯誤
2. a tall wooden or metal wall built quickly around a construction site, to block p
工地圍籬
建築工地外圍的臨時板牆
a tall wooden or metal wall built quickly around a construction site, to block public view and keep people out while work is in progress.
Owen leaned against the blue hoarding to read the planning notice pinned to it.
Owen 靠在藍色工地圍籬上，閱讀釘在上面的施工告示。
collocation: lean against / behind the hoarding
Builders erected a tall wooden hoarding around the old cinema before demolition began.
工人在拆除舊電影院之前，先沿著外圍架起一道高高的木製工地圍籬。
collocation: erect / put up a hoarding around [site]
Children had drawn cartoon faces all over the hoarding beside Victoria Park.
孩子們在維多利亞公園旁的工地圍籬上畫滿了卡通臉。
A small gap in the hoarding let curious walkers see the half-built apartment block.
工地圍籬上有個小縫，讓好奇的路人看得到那棟蓋到一半的公寓大樓。
The hoarding was decorated with photos of how the finished hotel would look.
工地圍籬上貼著未來完工旅館的設計照片做為裝飾。
- construction fence
American English equivalent; more descriptive
- site barrier
broader term for any fence around a worksite
文法句型
a hoarding around [site/building]
用法筆記
Distinct from sense 1: this is a barrier with no advertising purpose, even though some hoardings later get posters glued onto them.
3. the behaviour of gathering up far more of something useful, such as food or mone
囤積；搶購
大量私藏物資不讓別人取得
the behaviour of gathering up far more of something useful, such as food or money, than you currently need, and hiding it so others cannot use it.
Panic hoarding of toilet paper left supermarket shelves in Sydney completely empty.
民眾恐慌搶購衛生紙，把雪梨超市的貨架全部清空。
common compound: panic hoarding
Élise told reporters that hoarding of fuel during the strike had pushed prices up.
Élise 向記者表示，罷工期間民眾囤積燃料導致油價上漲。
pattern: hoarding of [resource]
The government warned that hoarding of medicine during the outbreak would harm sick patients.
政府警告，在疫情爆發期間囤積藥品會傷害真正需要的病患。
Apinya hid bags of rice under her bed, a kind of quiet hoarding she felt ashamed of.
Apinya 把一袋袋米藏在床底下，這種偷偷囤積讓她覺得很愧疚。
Wartime hoarding of sugar was treated as a serious crime in 1940s Britain.
在 1940 年代的英國，戰時囤積砂糖會被當作嚴重罪行處理。
- stockpiling
more neutral; can describe planned storage without negative tone
- amassing
formal; emphasises growing quantity rather than secrecy
- sharing
opposite behaviour: giving resources to others
文法句型
hoarding of [resource]
panic hoarding
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person or group acting selfishly during shortage; distinguish from sense 4, which is a clinical disorder.
常見錯誤
4. a recognised mental health condition in which a person cannot throw away possess
囤積症
難以丟棄無用物品的心理疾病
a recognised mental health condition in which a person cannot throw away possessions, even broken or useless ones, and feels strong distress at the idea of getting rid of them.
Sivan's therapist diagnosed her with hoarding after years of refusing to clear her flat.
Sivan 多年來都不肯清理公寓，治療師最後診斷她罹患囤積症。
collocation: diagnosed with hoarding
Sade's brother struggled with hoarding and kept every empty jar from the past decade.
Sade 的哥哥深受囤積症困擾，過去十年來每個空罐子都留著。
Compulsive hoarding is now treated as a separate disorder, not just a symptom of anxiety.
強迫性囤積症如今被視為獨立的疾病，不再只是焦慮的症狀之一。
Severe hoarding can block doorways and make a home dangerous in a fire.
嚴重的囤積症會堵住門口，讓家中一旦失火就非常危險。
Doctors at the clinic in Toronto offered weekly support groups for families affected by hoarding.
多倫多診所的醫師每週為受囤積症影響的家庭舉辦支持團體。
- compulsive hoarding
fuller clinical name for the same condition
- hoarding disorder
official term used in modern psychiatric manuals
文法句型
compulsive hoarding
hoarding disorder
用法筆記
Often appears as 'hoarding disorder' or 'compulsive hoarding' in clinical writing; differs from sense 3 because the items have little or no real value.