单词 | pile up |
释义 | pile uppile up 1 phrasal verbphr v a) INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, FEELINGS ETCto increase in quantity or amount, in a way that is difficult to manage (使)堆积,(使)积累 It wasn’t long before the debts were piling up. 没多久就债台高筑了。 The traffic starts piling up around this time. 差不多这个时候交通就开始拥堵了。 The work has a tendency to pile up if I’m not careful. 我一不注意工作就会积压起来。 b) pile something ↔ up to arrange things in a pile 将〔某物〕堆积起来 → pileup tiny doughnuts piled up in a dish 堆放在盘子里的几个小甜甜圈 Examples from the Corpus pile up• The work just keeps on piling up and makes me want to scream.• As her debts piled up, she came close to a nervous breakdown. → pile up at pile2(PHRASAL VERB) 2 → variant of pileup at pileup |
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