- [countable]
a layer of a substance or a piece of matter that is slowly added to something 積聚層;堆積層 - [uncountable]
the process of new layers or matter being slowly added to something 堆積,積聚(過程) the accretion of sand by wind action 風作用下沙子的堆積
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin accretio(n-), from accrescere ‘become larger’, from ad- ‘to’ + crescere ‘grow’.