stockpile
- n. 库存, 储备
- v. 储备, 贮存
- Definition
- n. a large stored supply of something for future use
- v. to collect and store a large supply of something
- Example
- The family kept a stockpile of canned food in the basement.
- 这一家人在地下室储备了大量罐头食品。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: goods or money stored for future use (noun).
比较义项：为将来使用而储存的物资或资金（名词）。
- reserve
Reserve is a supply set aside for future or emergency use, often official or of a measured amount, without stockpile's suggestion of a large or excessive quantity.
reserve 指为将来或紧急情况而预留的储备，通常是官方性质或有一定规模的储备，不像 stockpile 那样暗示数量庞大甚至过量。
The central bank increased its foreign currency reserve to guard against a crisis.
央行增加了外汇储备，以防范危机。
- stockpile 本词
Stockpile emphasizes a large, deliberately accumulated store of goods, often suggesting excess or precautionary hoarding, stronger in scale than reserve.
stockpile 强调有意大量囤积的实物储备，数量庞大，有时带有防范性甚至过量囤积的意味，语气比 reserve 更强烈。
Survivalists built a huge stockpile of food and water in their basement.
生存主义者在地下室囤积了大量食物和水。
Reserve and stockpile both mean goods or money kept for future use. Reserve is an official, planned supply, like a currency reserve. Stockpile is a large, deliberately built store of goods, suggesting hoarding. This does not cover reserve as a verb or a nature reserve.
reserve 强调事先留存、备用的规范化储备（如外汇储备、应急储备），数量未必很大；stockpile 侧重大量、有意囤积的实物储备，语气上带有防范甚至囤货的意味。这里不比较 reserve 作动词表示“预订”（如预订座位）或作名词表示“自然保护区”等其他义项。