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