新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

stack

英  [stæk]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • stacks

    1[C 可数名词] 摞 , 堆

    A stack of things is a pile of them.

    双语例句

    例:

    There were stacks of books on the bedside table and floor.

    床头桌和地板上有一摞摞的书。

    2[PL 复数]

    If you say that someone has stacks of something, you mean that they have a lot of it.

    双语例句

    例:

    If the job's that good, you'll have stacks of money.

    如果那份工作真那么好,你将会赚很多钱。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • stack up

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 堆放 , 摞起(同)stack)

    Stack up means the same as stack.

    双语例句

    例:

    He ordered them to stack up pillows behind his back.

    他命令他们把几个枕头叠放在自己的背后。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • the odds are stacked against someone , things are stacked against someone

    1形势对某人不利

    If you say that the odds are stacked against someone, or that particular factors are stacked against them, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed in what they want to do because the conditions are not favourable.

    双语例句

    例:

    The odds are stacked against civilians getting a fair trial.

    平民难以得到公正的审判。

    VERB. 动词
  • stacks , stacking , stacked

    1[T 及物动词] 将···码放整齐 , 摞起

    If you stack a number of things, you arrange them in neat piles.

    双语例句

    例:

    Mrs Cathiard was stacking the clean bottles in crates.

    卡提亚夫人当时正在把干净的瓶子整齐地码放在板条箱里。