accretion
accretion 英 [əˈkri:ʃn] 美 [əˈkriʃən]
n. 堆积层,堆积
名词复数:accretions
- The process of increasing can be called accretion. Although you may say that stalactites "grow" from the ceilings of caves, they actually form from an accretion of limestone and other minerals.
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- n. 堆积层,堆积
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1. an accretion of sediment
沉渣的堆积
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2. The new fund was increased by the accretion of new shareholders.
随着新股民的增加，基金上涨了。
- accretion (n.) 1610s, "act of growing by organic enlargement;" 1650s as "that which is formed by continued growth from without," from Latin accretionem (nominative accretio) "an increasing, a growing larger" (as of the waxing moon), noun of action from past participle stem of accrescere "grow progressively, increase, become greater," from ad "to" (see ad-) + crescere "grow" (from PIE root *ker- (2) "to grow"). It goes with the verb accrue. Related: Accretional; accretionary.
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