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词汇 pile
释义 pile
noun
uk /paɪl/ us /paɪl/

pilenoun (AMOUNT)


B1[ C ]
objects positioned one on top of another: 摞;垛;堆
a pile of books一摞书
a pile of dirty clothes一大堆脏衣服
 
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B1[ C ]
a mass of something that has been placed somewhere: 一堆
a large pile of sand一大堆沙子
 
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 a pile of sth/piles of sth
informal
a lot of something: 一大堆,许多
I've got piles/a pile of things to do today.我今天有一大堆事情要做。
Obviously, nobody intends to make a pile of terrible movies.
They hope that these new drugs will make them a pile of cash.
There are piles of people looking for jobs in this area.
We had to pay piles of money to get the work done.
He had a pile of papers on his desk.他的办公桌上有一摞文件。
Put those clothes in a pile for washing .
I have a pile of mending to do.我有一大堆衣服要补。
He found the piece of paper he had lost at the very bottom of the pile.他在那一大堆东西的最下面找到了自己丢了的那张纸。
There's an enormous pile of washing-up in the sink.洗涤槽里有一大堆餐具等着洗。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Masses and large amounts of things
accumulation
any number of thingsidiom
armload
backlog
blood clot
flood
foam
hyper-concentration
inundation
lion
many
sight
stack
the lion's shareidiom
tsunami
wadge
wave after/upon waveidiom
wedge
welter
wodge

pilenoun (COLUMN)


[ C ]
a strong column or post of wood, metal, or concrete that is pushed into the ground to help support a building(建筑物的)柱,桩
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Physical supports and supporting
abutment
bearing
bolster
bookend
bracket
burden
buttress
groan
load-bearing
modillion
pier
pillar
prop
prop something up
rafter
runner
sinew
underpin
unsupported
weight-bearing

pilenoun (SURFACE)


[ S ]
the soft surface made by the ends of many short threads on a carpet or on cloth such as velvet: (地毯或天鹅绒等布料的)绒面
a luxurious deep-pile carpet豪华的长毛地毯
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Carpets, rugs & other floor coverings
bath mat
carpet
carpet tile
carpeted
carpeting
coconut matting
fitted carpet
fitter
linoleum
mat
matting
parquet
rug
runner
scatter rug
shag
throw rug
uncarpeted
underlay
welcome mat

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Textiles: general words

pilenoun (BUILDING)


[ C ]mainly humorous
a large building: 高大建筑物,大厦
They've got a great big Victorian pile somewhere out in the country.他们在乡下的某个地方有一座雄伟的维多利亚式的房子。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Houses & homes
A-frame
ADU
affordable housing
almshouse
apartment
dormitory
dosshouse
dower house
duplex
efficiency
multifamily
Nissen hut
non-housing
old people's home
palace
tower block
town house
townhouse
tract house
trap house

pilenoun (MEDICAL)


 piles[ plural ]informal
→ haemorrhoidsUKspecialized: 痔,痔疮
Ask your pharmacist about the best treatment for piles.
They told us we'd get piles if we sat on the cold wall.
What's the best way to stop piles from itching?
The doctor told her she had piles.
Sometimes people need surgery to remove painful or very itchy piles.

Idiom


make a pile
pile
verb
uk /paɪl/ us /paɪl/

pileverb (OBJECTS)


[ I or T, + adv/prep ](alsopile up)
to arrange objects into a pile: 把…堆积(或堆叠)起来
We piled plenty of logs up next to the fire.我们在炉火旁堆了很多木柴。
Please pile your homework books neatly on the table as you leave.离开时请把你们的作业本整齐地叠放在桌子上。
Her plate was piled (high)with salad.她的盘子里盛满了色拉。
Snow had piled up against the walls.雪在墙根堆积起来。
The saucepans clashed as he piled them into the sink.他把那些煮锅堆放进水槽时,锅子相互碰撞当啷作响。
She had a most elaborate hairdo, all piled up on top of her head.
In the village market, the stalls are piled high with local vegetables.村子集市的摊位上高高地堆着当地产的蔬菜。
The logs were neatly piled against the wall.
Knowing he had a good appetite, she passed him a plate piled high with mashed potato.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Placing and positioning an object
-based
appose
around
change something around
circle
consign
fit
gone
install
lie
pile (something) up
plant
redeposit
reinstall
reinstallation
relocate
reorientate
superimpose
transpose
transposition

pileverb (PEOPLE)


[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]informal
(of a group of people) to move together, especially in an uncontrolled way: (人群)拥,挤,蜂拥
As soon as the train stopped, they all piled in/out.火车刚停下,他们就挤了进去/出来。
A group of them had piled onto a truck, crowding on in such numbers that some were forced to sit on the roof.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Arriving, entering and invading
access code
annex
annexation
be on the sceneidiom
been
break
hit
infiltration
ingress
interloper
intrude
intrusion
jump
land
rock up
roll up!idiom
set foot in somewhereidiom
show up
trespass
turn

Idioms


pile it high and sell it cheap
pile it on
pile on the agony
pile on the pounds

Phrasal verbs


pile on
pile on/onto (someone)
pile something on
pile something onto someone
pile (something) up

pile | American Dictionary


pile
noun
us/pɑɪl/

pilenoun (THINGS)


[ C ]
a number of things lying on top of each other:
a pile of newspapers
After dinner there is always a pile of dishes to be washed.
[ C ]
infml A pile or piles can also be a lot of something:
I’ve got piles of homework.

pilenoun (SURFACE)


[ U ]
the soft surface of short threads on a carpet (= material for covering a floor) or on some types of cloth:
carpets with a deep pile
pile
verb
us/pɑɪl/

pileverb (MOVE)


[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]
(of a group of people) to move together, esp. in a way that is not organized:
About ten kids piled into the room, all talking at once.
Someone yelled "Fire!" and we all piled out into the street.

pileverb (THINGS)


[ always+ adv/prep ]
to put (things) near or on top of each other, or to collect in this way:
[ I ]Magazines just pile up on my desk at work.
[ M ]I asked her to pile on extra potatoes.

Phrasal verb


pile up

pile | Business English


pile
noun[ C ]
uk /paɪl/us
a large amount of something:
a pile of cash/money
consumers with piles of credit card debt
I have piles of paperwork to finish.
 at the bottom/top of the pile
at the bottom or top of a group of competing things:
Despite a shaky first quarter, the athletic shoe producer has once again emerged at the top of the pile.

See also


cash pile
stockpilenoun
pile
verb
uk /paɪl/us
 pile it high, sell it cheap
COMMERCE
said when a store sells large amounts of a product at cheap prices, without spending effort or money on displays, advertising, etc.:
The discount grocer is once again thriving at the pile-it-high, sell-it-cheap end of the market.

Examples of pile


pile
Many seeds were recorded as having disappeared when they had been moved from their original piles (12.9%).
The upstream front then propagates upstream as the flow piles up (blocking).
The evidence, or perhaps the rhetorical use of evidence, seems to be piling up.
Thus, action sequence 3 is applied which consists of moveforward_down and moveforward_up actions to penetrate the rock pile by wiggling in between the rock particles.
The cameraman follows them inside, pausing briefly over a pile of shoes (10-15 pair) at the door.
No rock lines or rock piles were discovered in the course of the survey.
As a further interpretation, consider a 'linear machine' in which a pile of c chips are c split evenly, with 2d going in each direction.
She begins the novel in the assumed persona of a young widowed painter who moves into a crumbling pile in an isolated village.
First they sprinkle the beach with pots using seawater, and after two or three sprinklings, they pile the sand up.
Unlike steamboats, the piling up of bodies did not result from a few dramatic accidents.
A heap of skulls was piled outside this front gate.
Cassowaries consume the fruit whole, when ripe, and defecate seeds in piles away from parent trees, where seed predation rates are lower.
Two further samples were taken from the middle of the stored manure piles after 3 months, 6 months and a year.
Once the piles are made they take two ollas or tinajas and put one on top of the other.
She sweats to pile up virtues for the man.
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Collocations withpile


pile

These are words often used in combination with pile.

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compost pile
Bulk samples from the center of the compostpile were collected and mixed.
discard pile
They may not be taken from the discardpile, and are useless if found in the hand.
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huge pile
The book's cover features a photograph of a young boy sitting at a breakfast table with a hugepile of pancakes.
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