accrete
verb[IorT]
formaluk/əˈkriːt/us/əˈkriːt/tograduallyincreaseorgrowby theadditionof newlayersorparts, or tocausesomething to do this:
堆积，集聚； 吸积Eventually, thematerialaccretes bygravitytoformseparateplanets.最终，通过重力吸积的物质形成了独立的星球。
Scientistsdrilledmore than twomilesinto the accretediceabove thelake.科学家在湖面堆积形成的冰层上往下钻探了两英里。
- In the 18thcentury, thephilosopherImmanuel KantproposedthatplanetslikeEarthquietly,steadilyaccreted overeonsfrom avastcloudofdust.
- Themicrobescould haveoriginatedin thelakeandbecometrappedas thewaterrefroze or accreted to thebottomof the overlyingglacier.
- Theplotdoesn'tmoveso much as accrete,fullof thewisdomof well-livedordinarylives.
- If thesealevelrisesfasterthanmarshgrassesareabletomoveback and accretesand, themarshwilldisappear.
- Observationssuggestnewstarsaccretematerialmoreslowlyin the Orion Nebula thanelsewhere.
- Biographersfacethechallengeofscrapingaway the accretedperspectivestopresenttheirsubjectfromtheirownpointofview.
Becoming bigger
- accrue
- anti-growth
- bell
- billow
- bloat
- bump
- engorged
- enlarge
- enlargement
- expansion
- extend
- extension
- oak
- putsomethingon
- regenerate
- scalability
- scalable
- scaleable
- shoot
- stretch
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