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A hoarder is a person who hoards: they collect and keep large amounts of things — food, money, newspapers, clothes, bags, old boxes — especially when they do not really need them, and often when they cannot bear to throw anything away. The doing is hoard; the person is the hoarder.
A hoarder is a person who hoardshoarder是會hoard（囤積）的人 they collect and keep large amounts of things也就是會收集、留著大量的東西 food, money, newspapers, clothes, bags, old boxes像食物、錢、報紙、衣服、袋子、舊箱子 especially when they do not really need them尤其是在他們其實不需要的時候 and often when they cannot bear to throw anything away而且常常是因為捨不得丟掉任何東西 The doing is hoard動詞是hoard the person is the hoarder做這件事的人就是hoarder
People use the word loosely. Buying extra rice before a typhoon is up for a reason, not hoarding. A hoarder keeps going past what is useful, and the pile takes over.
People use the word loosely人們用這個字時其實滿鬆散的 Buying extra rice before a typhoon is stocking up for a reason颱風前多買一點米是有理由的囤貨 not hoarding不算是hoarding A hoarder keeps going past what is usefulhoarder會一直囤，超過有用的程度 and the pile takes over最後堆積如山、反客為主
Friends may laugh 'I'm such a hoarder' about keeping too many bags; doctors mean something heavier when they talk about hoarding as an illness, when the keeping of stuff crowds out a home and a life. That joke use is common and a bit if the person is actually , so be gentle.
Friends may laugh 'I'm such a hoarder' about keeping too many tote bags朋友可能會開玩笑說「I'm such a hoarder」，因為留了太多環保袋 doctors mean something heavier when they talk about hoarding as an illness但醫生講到hoarding這種病時，指的是更嚴重的事 when the keeping of stuff crowds out a home and a life也就是囤積的東西擠壓掉一個人的家和生活 That joke use is common and a bit unkind if the person is actually unwell如果這個人其實真的有病，那種玩笑式的說法就滿常見、也有點不厚道 so be gentle所以要溫柔一點
A hoarder is not the same as a collector: a collector chooses and arranges; a hoarder piles and cannot let go. The word leans negative in everyday talk.
A hoarder is not the same as a collectorhoarder跟collector（收藏家）不一樣 a collector chooses and arranges收藏家會挑選、整理 a hoarder piles and cannot let go囤積者則是堆積、放不下 The word leans negative in everyday talk這個字在日常說話裡偏負面
組成hoard (the store of things you keep) + -er (the person who does it). From Middle English horder, from Old English hordere, a steward or treasurer — someone who kept the store of goods.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
hoardernoun/ˈhɔɹdɚ/
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One who hoards; one who accumulates, collects, and stores, especially one who does so to excess.
- A bill to demonetize existing French gold coinage has been introduced in the Chamber of Deputies by Deputies Lenoir, Bouffandeau, and Eymond. The purpose is to force hoarders to bring out gold estimated at 4,000,000,000 francs which is still kept in hiding in spite of patriotic appeals to the owners to exchange it for notes.
- Like many lonely people, he was an inveterate hoarder, making and surrounding himself with objects, barriers against the demands of human intimacy.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。