pile
pile1
noun
make a (或 one's) pile
pile2
noun
noun
语源
pile3
noun
pileless
adjective
语源
noun
- a heap of things laid or lying one on top of another
一堆，一叠
he placed the books in a neat pile.
他把书整整齐齐地叠放在一起。
■(informal)a large amount of something
(非正式)一大堆；大量
the growing pile of work.
成堆的工作。
■a large imposing building or group of buildings
高大建筑；大厦；建筑群
a Victorian Gothic pile.
一座维多利亚时代的哥特式雄伟建筑。
■a series of plates of dissimilar metals laid one on another alternately to produce an electric current
电池组 - (also atomic pile)(dated)a nuclear reactor
■short for atomic pile
atomic pile的简称
■(archaic)a funeral pyre
(古)火葬用的柴堆
- [with obj. and adverbial]place (things) one on top of the other
堆放，堆积，叠架
she piled all the groceries on the counter.
她把食品杂货都堆放在柜台上。
■(be piled with)be stacked or loaded with
堆满；装满
his in-tray was piled high with papers.
他的收文架里高高地堆满了文件。
■(pile up/pile something up)increase or cause to increase in quantity
把…堆积起来；积累，积聚
[no obj.]the work has piled up a bit.
工作有点儿积压了。
[with obj.]the debts he piled up.
他债台高筑。
■(pile something on)(informal)intensify or exaggerate something for effect
(非正式)夸大；夸张
you can pile on the guilt but my heart has turned to stone.
你尽管夸大罪责吧，反正我已心坚如石了。 - [no obj.](pile into/out of)(of a group of people) get into or out of (a vehicle) in a disorganized manner
（人群）拥入（或拥出）；挤入（或挤出）
ten of us piled into the minibus.
我们十个人挤进了那辆小面包车里。
■(pile into)(of a vehicle) crash into
（车）撞
60 cars piled into each other on the M62.
在M62公路上60辆汽车撞在了一起。
make a (或 one's) pile
- (informal)make a lot of money
(非正式)赚钱，发财
- place a number of rifles (usually four) with their butts on the ground and the muzzles together
架枪
- (informal)exaggerate the seriousness of a situation or of someone's behaviour to increase guilt or distress
(非正式)夸大，夸张
- (in formal)exaggerate or aggravate a bad situation
(非正式)过分渲染（困境）
- late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pila 'pillar, pier'
pile2
noun
- a heavy stake or post driven vertically into the bed of a river, soft ground, etc., to support the foundations of a superstructure
（建筑、桥梁等打地基的）桩 - (Heraldry)a triangular charge or ordinary formed by two lines meeting at an acute angle, usually pointing down from the top of the shield
(纹章)（尖头朝下的）楔形普通图记
- [with obj.]strengthen or support (a structure) with piles
用桩加固 （或支撑）
noun
语源
- Old English pīl 'dart, arrow', also 'pointed stake', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pijl and German Pfeil, from Latin pilum ('heavy) javelin'
pile3
noun
- [mass noun]the soft projecting surface of a carpet or a fabric such as velvet or flannel, consisting of many small threads
（地毯或织物的）绒面，绒头
pileless
adjective
语源
- Middle English (in the sense 'downy feather'): from Latin pilus 'hair'. The current sense dates from the mid 16th cent
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