词组 | store up |
释义 | store up 1. store up sth • store sth up to collect and keep a supply of something so that you can use it in the future: ▪ Squirrels store up nuts for the winter. ▪ At the beginning of the war, people started storing up goods for emergencies. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑hoard, ↑lay up, ↑squirrel away 2. store up sth • store sth up to remember things so that you can use them or tell someone about them later: ▪ Writers store up these experiences for use in their novels. ▪ If you make a mistake, he'll store it up and use it against you later. 3. store up problems/trouble etc (for the future) BrE to do something that will cause problems in the future: ▪ Reducing interest rates now will only store up problems. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑lay up 4. store up sth • store sth up to deliberately not allow yourself to show your strong feelings, especially for a long time: ▪ Children who store up their feelings rather than expressing them, often have problems later on. ▪ All the anger she'd stored up in seven years of marriage came pouring out. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑bottle up |
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