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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

pile

英  [paɪl]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • piles

    1. [C 可数名词] 堆

    A pile of things is a mass of them that is high in the middle and has sloping sides.

    近义词

    heap , mound

    双语例句

    例：

    a pile of sand.

    一堆沙子。

    例：

    a little pile of crumbs.

    一小堆面包屑。

    2. [C 可数名词] 摞

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    a pile of boxes.

    一摞盒子。

    例：

    We sat in Sam's study, among the piles of books.

    我们坐在萨姆的书房里，周围是一摞摞的书。

    3. [C 可数名词] （房屋或桥梁的）地桩

    Piles are wooden, concrete, or metal posts that 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.

    双语例句

    例：

    settlements of wooden houses, set on piles along the shore.

    沿岸而建的吊脚木屋居民区。

    4. [SING 单数型名词] （地毯或织物的）绒面

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    the carpet's thick pile.

    地毯厚厚的绒面。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

  • pile up

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 堆积

    If you pile up a quantity of things or if they pile up, they gradually form a pile.

    双语例句

    例：

    Bulldozers piled up huge mounds of dirt.

    推土机堆起了一个个大土堆。

    2. [PHRASAL 短语] （工作、问题或损失等）积累

    If you pile up work, problems, or losses or if they pile up, you get more and more of them.

    双语例句

    例：

    Problems were piling up at work.

    工作中的问题越积越多。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • be at the bottom of the pile , be at the top of the pile

    1. 处于（社会或组织的）下层/处于（社会或组织的）上层

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    These workers are fed up with being at the bottom of the pile when it comes to pay.

    这些工人受够了收入水平一直处于底层。

    VERB. 动词

  • piles , piling , piled

    1. [T 及物动词] 堆放

    If you pile things somewhere, you put them there so that they form a pile.

    双语例句

    例：

    He was piling clothes into the suitcase.

    他正把衣服一件件叠放到手提箱中去。

    2. [T 及物动词] 堆满

    If something is piled with things, it is covered or filled with piles of things.

    双语例句

    例：

    Tables were piled high with local produce.

    桌子上高高地堆满了土特产。

    3. [I 不及物动词] 涌入 , 涌出

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    They all piled into Jerry's car.

    他们都挤进了杰里的车里。

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