pile
n. 堆; 摞; 大量; 高大建筑; 桩; 痔疮; 绒面
v. 堆放; 装入; 蜂拥
A pile of things is a mass of them that is high in the middle and has sloping sides.
...a pile of sand...
一堆沙子
...a little pile of crumbs...
一小堆面包屑
A pile of things is a quantity of things that have been put neatly somewhere so that each thing is on top of the one below.
...a pile of boxes...
一叠盒子
We sat in Sam's study, among the piles of books...
我们坐在萨姆的书房里,身边是一堆一堆的书。
If you pile things somewhere, you put them there so that they form a pile.
He was piling clothes into the suitcase...
他在把衣服一件件叠放进手提箱中。
A few newspapers and magazines were piled on a table.
几份报纸和杂志堆在桌上。
If something is piled with things, it is covered or filled with piles of things.
Tables were piled high with local produce.
桌上高高堆放着当地的农产品。
...trucks piled with luggage.
塞满成堆行李的卡车
If you talk about a pile of something or piles of something, you mean a large amount of it.
I've got a pile of questions afterwards for you.
我有一大堆的问题等着过后问你。
...a whole pile of disasters.
灾难迭至
If a group of people pile into or out of a vehicle, they all get into it or out of it in a disorganized way.
They all piled into Jerrold's car...
他们一窝蜂地挤进杰罗尔德的车里。
A fleet of police cars suddenly arrived. Dozens of officers piled out.
突然开来一队警车,数十个警察一拥而出。
You can refer to a large impressive building as a pile, especially when it is the home of a rich important person.
...some stately pile in the country.
乡下某座恢宏气派的建筑
Piles are wooden, concrete, or metal posts which are pushed into the ground and on which buildings or bridges are built. Piles are often used in very wet areas so that the buildings do not flood.
...settlements of wooden houses, set on piles along the shore.
建在沿岸桩柱上的木制房屋居住区
Piles are painful swellings that can appear in the veins inside a person's anus.
The pile of a carpet or of a fabric such as velvet is its soft surface. It consists of a lot of little threads standing on end.
...the carpet's thick pile.
地毯的厚绒
Someone who is at the bottom of the pile is low down in society or low down in an organization. Someone who is at the top of the pile is high up in society or high up in an organization.
1. a collection of objects laid on top of each other
2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
3. a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit);
4. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
5. battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
6. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
7. the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave;
8. a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
1. arrange in stacks;
2. press tightly together or cram;
3. place or lay as if in a pile;
accumulate, amass, collect, gather, heap, pile
这些动词均含"积聚,聚集,积累"之意。
pile up
积累,积聚
【非正式用语】 撞车:经历一次严重交通工具相撞
make a (或 one's) pile
(非正式)赚钱,发财
pile arms
架枪
pile it on
(非正式)夸大,夸张
pile on the agony
(非正式)过分渲染(困境)
The pile of books tottered then fell.
这堆书晃了几下,然后就倒了.
Collect the books and put them in a pile on my desk.
把书收起来放在我的桌子上.
The writer confronted his pile of work with determination.
那作家下决心面对成堆的工作.
A pile of china dishes rested precariously on the head of the acrobat.
杂技演员头上危险地顶着一叠瓷碟.
A sudden wind swept a pile of leaves in.
突然吹起一阵风,刮进一堆树叶来.