Definition of heap in English:

heap

noun hiːphip

1An untidy collection of objects placed haphazardly on top of each other.
（乱七八糟的）一堆
a disordered heap of a lot of boxes
乱糟糟的一堆盒子。
her clothes lay in a heap on the floor
她快步跑出，让衣服乱糟糟堆在地板上。
Example sentencesExamples
- Giant sting rays pile up in heaps on the adjacent sea floor.
- Everything from framed pictures to cricket memorabilia were laid out in heaps on the floor, as they were photographed as part of an official record.
- Ignoring her gown from the previous evening, which lay in a crumpled heap on the floor, she opted instead for a blue and white striped shirt from the pile of clothes on the leather armchair.
- Additionally, over 50,000 tons of solid waste produced every year lie in heaps in and around the city.
- I dug through the heap of clothes that had collected into a mountain on one corner of my room and found my favorite pair of jeans.
- Helpings are always liberal and strictly in heaps.
- Mats and blankets moldered in heaps in a corner and people seemed picky about which they selected.
- The rest is burned in heaps on the ground and never smoked at all.
- She left her clothes in a tidy heap on the floor, since she didn't know where the laundry basket was.
- I've been putting this off for days now but there's only so long you can live with your clothes in a big heap on the floor and your shoes scattered randomly across your bedroom.
- Or, if you are planning on a Christmas theme, your Christmas wedding favors may be in the form of crackers, piled in heaps around the tables for guests to collect.
- My eyes traveled in horror to the base of the toilet where a pile of towels and a once vibrant yellow shag rug lay in heaps.
- Plastics, metals and other recyclable materials lay in heaps everywhere, waiting to be trucked to smelters.
- Wet, bloody feathers lay in heaps on the floor. ‘They go in dressed, and come out undressed,’ jokes the factory manager.
- A janitor at Ryko looked down at the broom he was pushing and noticed he had collected a big heap of old Zappa albums that have been rattling around the warehouse for a chunk of the last decade.
- This is stacked in heaps by the women and children and is set alight once it is dry.
- Fall leaves lay in heaps on the ground, enveloping the road as well.
- Hundreds of scrolls were tucked neatly away on wooden shelves or piled in heaps next to the walls so they would not catch on fire.
- You undressed quickly, leaving your clothes in an untidy heap on the floor.
- And neither is the termite mound a heap, a haphazard pile of dirt.
Synonyms
pile, stack, mass, mound, mountain, quantity, load, lot, bundle, jumble
collection, accumulation, gathering
assemblage, store, stock, supply, stockpile, hoard, aggregation, agglomeration, accrual, conglomeration
Scottish, Irish, &amp Northern English rickle
Scottish bing
rare amassment
1. 1.1 An amount of a particular loose substance.
  一垛；一堆
  a heap of gravel
  一堆沙砾。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There's an unfinished attempt at a deck, no more than a heap of firewood, in one of the back corners, and a small dumping area in the other where the previous owners used to tip grass cuttings.
  If the film flops, the banks will only have a heap of cans and nothing else.
  Synonyms
  pile, bank, mound, mass, accumulation, dune, ridge
2a heap of/heaps ofinformal A large amount or number of.
we have heaps of room
我们的空间很大。
Example sentencesExamples
- Well I've sold a whole heap of parts to people, nobody's ever come back and asked me where I got the parts from.
- Now I know this may get me into a whole heap of trouble, but I couldn't help feeling this novel might prove more popular with ladies than gentlemen.
- I want to get to a whole heap of Art Galleries and Museums too.
- Take into consideration our high numbers of houseless and hungry people and you find a whole heap of hungry, gluttonous Christians here.
- There's a whole heap of things I ought to be filling my time with.
- We give them a whole heap of strategies at our workshop.
- There is a whole heap of issues that need to be thought through.
- An ex-girlfriend advised me to take cod liver oil as a supplement to help suppress this, but I can't say that my daily dose has made a whole heap of difference.
- Even decoded, the instructions on the tag don't make a whole heap of sense.
- The retro releases have resurrected the original college colors plus a whole heap of collaborations have kept the integrity intact.
- But a whole heap of relatively strange things happened too.
- I could list off a whole heap of things that are sitting in my room that I couldn't stand to see get broken, wrecked, destroyed or misplaced.
- But it'll also be a huge learning curve, an incredible thrill and, every once in a while, a whole heap of fun.
- So he had infiltrated our houses and let in heaps of ants.
- There's a whole heap of side effects with that, so it's hard to know which part was making me sicker, whether it was the disease or the drug.
- The police had set up roadblocks immediately, and at one point that night a whole heap of people tried to bust through the roadblock in cars and on foot.
- So the ‘agreement’ referred to in the AP story is tenuous, at best, and at worst, lacks a whole heap of context that renders it meaningless.
- He gives you some great gig in which you make a whole heap of money, and you're just on top of the world and on every magazine cover, but your personal life is miserable.
- There was a whole heap of resistance to the initial spraying round.
- As it was, I bought a few things for myself, and a whole heap of Christmas presents (two of which got broken on the way back, sadly).
Synonyms
a lot, lots, a large amount, a fair amount, much, a good/great deal, a deal, a great quantity, quantities, an abundance, a wealth, a profusion, plenty, masses
many, a great many, a large number, a considerable number, a huge number, numerous, scores, hundreds, thousands, millions, billions
informal a load, loads, loadsa, a pile, piles, oodles, stacks, scads, reams, wads, pots, oceans, a mountain, mountains, miles, tons, zillions, gazillions, bazillions, more … than one can shake a stick at
British informal a shedload, lashings
North American informal gobs
Australian/New Zealand informal a swag
vulgar slang a shitload
North American vulgar slang an assload
3informal An untidy or dilapidated place or vehicle.
〈非正式〉破旧地方（或场所）；破旧车
they climbed back in the heap and headed home
他们又爬进那辆破旧汽车开着回家。
Synonyms
automobile, motor vehicle, motorized vehicle, means of transport, conveyance, machine

adverbhiːphip

heapsBritish informal

A great deal.
〈非正式〉（指程度）大大地
‘How do you like Maggie?’ ‘I like you heaps better!’
“你喜欢麦琪吗？”“我喜欢你远胜过我喜欢她！”
Example sentencesExamples
- Thanks heaps for dinner and the drinks, and listening to me prattle on for a couple of hours!
- Plus he's heaps interested in, like, fashion and stuff.
- I have to say, though, that it really is a lot of fun, and heaps better than painting pebbles.
- Thanks heaps for your time Paul and good luck for your future.
- Thanks heaps, it means a lot to me and I'm really glad you liked it.
- Lets just say that Bron and Drew were a great help that night… thanks heaps and I'm sorry for causing trouble.
- I still want to be able to earn some cash from writing at some point - the recent writing I've done has been heaps better than any of my earlier work - but it's going to be a slow road ahead unless I get lucky.
- Thanks heaps for you wonderful and energetic review!
- The early reviews reckon her debut film is heaps better than Nic's was.
- Anyway, thanks heaps for the Mother's Day presents JJ and Miss M. Love ya!
- Thanks heaps for that phrase, which I hadn't heard before, and is really useful for me in thinking about this.
- Thanks heaps for sharing you life with us and our readers.
- Thanks heaps for the feedback and reading the story!
- Also thanks heaps to all of you who have reviewed so far.
- The Australian economy seems heaps healthier by comparison.
- Anyway, thanks heaps to Hayden, Kyle and Damon for putting us up - and to Rowan and Mazzy for putting up with us.
- Anyways, thanks heaps for reviewing and don't forget to tell me what you thought of this chappie.
- Last year there was only me and AA who were 1st years, plus AA is heaps older and I didn't know her at all.
- I made the run-on team but as a winger because the incumbent halfback was heaps bigger and faster than me, and also because the mate that introduced me to the club had broken his nose the previous week.
- Hey everyone, thanks heaps for all the reviews, they mean so much to me!

verb hiːphip

[with object]

1Put (objects or a loose substance) in a heap.
she heaped logs on the fire
她往火上堆了些木柴。
heaped up in one corner was a pile of junk
堆在一角的是一堆废物。
Example sentencesExamples
- He heaped sugar over the coffee powder in the cup.
- Avoid dung or urine patches and areas where fertiliser or lime was heaped or spilled.
- The men left on guard outside the caves placed plastic sheets over their entrances and heaped dirt on them for camouflage.
- Excavation has shown that instead of removing the peat which was shallow at this point, a thin layer of sand was spread over the top of the peat, and gravel with some sand was heaped over to form a low agger.
- After a moment's hesitation, she heaped straw over the man so no one else would see him.
- Nothing else was about, save for the pile of small stones heaped by the grateful as a thank-offering to the ancient water spirit of the place.
- In the Oklahoma case, over 12 tons of material were heaped in storerooms, but much of it was never touched, let alone properly analysed by investigators.
- When did they disappear, those piles of snow that had been heaped up in the park in Ripon?
- At the rare dinner parties I was invited to, the hostesses heaped carrots and peas on my plate (and if I was lucky, mashed potatoes).
- Each section provided men for the experiment and tons of dirt and gravel were heaped on the pavement and, for a time at least, expedited travel within the area considerably.
- Bloodstained clothing, papers and trash were heaped everywhere.
- Spread a mulch of wood chips, cocoa bean hulls, or the like around the plant, taking care not to heap the material around the rose's trunk.
- When building homes, dusky-footed wood rats heap sticks into protective piles that may reach several feet in height and width.
- Coals were then heaped around the crucible, but while tending the fire the canon craftily placed above the crucible a special coal, one that had been hollowed out, filled with silver filings and stopped with wax.
- Piles of wood were heaped up at crossroads and street corners.
- I turned back to where several other servants were heaping various meats, cheeses and fruits onto my plate, and I noticed that none was going onto Hayden's.
- As the cross is secured, the youngsters heap the combustible material around the pole, and it is set ablaze by the man to last marry in the village.
- They're all heaped up in two towering piles, along with the old battening.
- This version uses brown bread rather than white and between the buttery sandwiches is heaped chunky hot ginger jam, sometimes sold as ginger marmalade, but usually as ginger conserve.
- The amount of garbage the city generates is staggering—piles and piles of rubbish are heaped on the sidewalks by the end of the day.
Synonyms
pile up, pile, stack up, stack, make a pile of, make a stack of, make a mound of
assemble, accumulate, collect, amass
store, store up, stock up, stockpile, hoard
1. 1.1heap something with Load something copiously with.
  用…装满
  he heaped his plate with rice
  他盛了满满的一盘米饭。
  Example sentencesExamples
  All the planes in the gates had their cargo doors open; the tarmac was heaped with opened suitcases and mounds of clothes.
  The platters were heaped with beef fillet, sirloin, rump and kidneys as well as chicken, lamb and pork.
  So it's hardly surprising that African American scholars, relative newcomers to the academic table, have heaped their plates with other types of publications and generally ignored textbooks.
  I guess that's why I haven't actively tried to talk with him about my troubles - I don't want to heap his plate with my issues when he has his own to deal with.
  What struck him more than anything - on a personal, human level - was a firehouse in Brooklyn; the front of the building was heaped with flowers, candles, pictures, memorials.
  The group of laughing, hungry people heaped their plates with the offerings and enjoyed their celebration, as Venus with her attendant stars, and Moon on the wane joined the party.
  We remember him talking at the dining table, heaping his plate with shavings from a tiny carving, a fantastical animal or human figure or an intricately precise puzzle.
  I ought to make a submission to the panel, but wonder at what tone to take: should I fight for my corner of the corner, or should I heap my prose with obsequies and leave it at that?
  This is Franklin's workshop; its shelves are heaped with junk: quires of paper, rags, hammers, tongs, bottles, wires, books, old shoes, rolls of leather, bones, feathers.
  The lure of the range brings out the cowpoke in all of us, along with the chance to heap a plate high with some hearty cowboy dishes.
  I am not so sure of their total digestion, but I do recognize their omnivorousness, their heaping the plate with every piping-hot vice and outrage they could muster.
  Ashlyn and an elderly woman in her late forties are heaping the dinner table with food.
  This may be provided by sinking the potted bulbs in an 18-inch trench in the garden and covering each pot with an inverted one, and heap the pot with ashes to discourage worms.
  The mounds were heaped with small rock gardens, dwarfed trees, and every variety of flower imaginable.
  The U.S. soldiers lined up at the truck, heaping their plates with food.
  It's lunchtime on the first day of the spring term at St Peter's Church of England Primary School in East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, and the children are heaping their plates with salad.
  Bookstore counters are heaped with books which contain one single idea: how to overcome personal disability, how to improve one's own situation.
  When they left after a few weeks, the rest, recreation and fresh fruit having cured the crews' scurvy, they were heaped with presents.
  The trays were heaped with chicken and potatoes and bread.
  Most beginners heap their plate with two or three of their favourite items, and soon find that they have no appetite for several of the exotic dishes.
2. 1.2as adjective heaped" or North American "heaping (of a spoon or other container) with the contents piled above the brim or edge.
  〈英〉（匙或其他容器）盛满的
  a heaped teaspoon of sugar
  Example sentencesExamples
  When the butter has melted, whisk in a heaped tablespoon of flour and keep whisking (over a low heat) until the sauce thickens.
  Put a heaped cup of tomato sauce in the centre of the pizza and spread with the back of a wooden spoon.
  Each time I brought a heaped spoonful to his mouth, he would greedily suck it all in.
  Tip a heaped teaspoon of cheese into the hollow then cover it with a second tablespoon of chicken mixture.
  Lance gulped down the remainder of his wine, and looked from her to her still heaping plate.
  Ally brought the heaping plate of cookies to the table and set them in front of Rob.
  Make about 18 small balls of the mixture, using a heaped tablespoon of pork for each one.
  He may be palatable in small slices, but in heaping helpings, he's enough to put you off your pudding for good.
  Spread the beef slices out on a worktop and spoon a heaped tablespoon of filling into the centre of each.
  Also, check the balance with a heaped bucket of spoil.
  She watched as he added a heaping spoonful to his second slice.
  Stir a heaped teaspoon of mustard into the soup and then check the flavour, adding more mustard as required.
  Once most of the crystals have dissolved, add another heaped spoon and continue to agitate, checking periodically on your progress.
3. 1.3no object Form a heap.
  堆起来
  clouds heaped higher in the west
  西边的云堆积得更高了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I thought it was bad earlier this week, but it all heaped up on me today.
2heap someone/something withDirect a great deal of praise, abuse, criticism, etc. at (someone or something)
she heaped praise on the public for its generosity as charity donations continued to pour in
these are the people who make a living from heaping abuse and ridicule on those of whom they do not approve
Example sentencesExamples
- But withholding comment only lets errant drivers avoid blame, which is almost invariably heaped upon the Government.
- The saint's reaction was instant and he heaped maledictions on the unfortunate salmon, forbidding it or any of its kind ever to enter the lake again.
- Even at my worst, I never believed in heaping extra abuses on any feeling being that didn't do something that warranted it.
- It's like God and Buddha just heaped bountiful blessings on every snarky blogger in the world.
- All you and Marty want to do is heap criticisms on me.
- Adolescents have had a raw deal out of a government which heaps expectations on them which they can't meet.
- The flip side is that a lot of times too much praise is heaped upon us.
- Feel free to pour your scorn or heap your praise upon us.
- The cultural establishment has recognised his ability and heaped awards on his previous six novels.
- Now that I have that out of the way, let me start heaping some praise on this film.
- The funny thing is, I think that a lot of the abuse heaped upon this movie is overstated.
- In those days the magazine criticised the fact that no change was taking place and heaped the blame on the ‘rightist whites’.
- The government, however, wasn't always heaping prizes on the outspoken 50-year-old director.
- Recalling the painful event, Shoba decides she deserved every bit of the criticism heaped upon her.
- I think they are heaping the blame on Free Trade when it actually shows the need for law and order, especially property rights.
Synonyms
shower on, lavish on, load on
bestow on, confer on, give, grant, vouchsafe, assign to, award to, favour with, furnish with
1. 2.1heap someone/something with Give someone or something (a great deal of praise, abuse, criticism, etc.)
  the film has been heaped with praise by critics and audiences alike
  Example sentencesExamples
  I have been heaped with some opprobrium by opponents of the project, and the issue has created deep divisions within the town.
  That aside, this film has been heaped with awards, and has won Best Animated Feature at Sitges and the Animation Grand Award at Mainichi.
  He has been heaped with abuse from politicians and corporate media for politicizing the firefighters' struggle.
  After a life heaped with honors, including election to the Academie Francaise, Paul Valery died in Paris on July 20, 1945.
  Such a patently absurd claim deserves to be heaped with ridicule.
  If you heap a person with so much shame that they can never see beyond that, it's not impossible they'll give up.
  Up to Christmas he seems to have been heaped with praise for his one-man campaign to keep the team in the Premiership.
  In recognition of their services, he heaped his ministers with titles and honours, and their wider families with patronage.
  Although he has been heaped with academic honors over the years, I have long thought he is not sufficiently appreciated by contemporary Christian thinkers.
  The show was heaped with derision for its mangling of some of the most famous lines in the English language.
  The bicycle, despite being heaped with scorn by outraged men, was consistently trumpeted by progressive women as a tool for increased freedoms.
  Other bands heaped with such lofty comparisons might not be able to deliver the goods.
  He will be heaped with good wishes and probably play later on.

Phrases

at the top (or bottom) of the heap

(of a person) at the highest (or lowest) point of a society or organization.
（人）在社会（或组织）最高（底）层的
she had come up the hard way from the very bottom of the heap
those with grand hereditary titles remain at the top of the heap
Example sentencesExamples
- The unregulated labour market will leave them at the bottom of the heap - victims of meritocracy, not because they possess no merit but because they are denied the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
- The door has been slammed in the face of these families who now feel utterly rejected and at the bottom of the heap.
- Well I'm sure many of you will have an opinion about whether rationality should remain at the top of the heap.
- Standing up and breathing was sufficient to put you at the top of the heap.
- The nutrients it drags up are the basis of a colossal food chain with the big pelagic predators (marlin, shark, tuna and swordfish) at the top of the heap.
- I didn't really have any; I was at the bottom of the heap and what had happened in the past was the past.
- Either way, in these days of six-stars hotels and bulging hotel prices, it's kind of nice to see that an old standby is at the top of the heap.
- The rest of the proposal simply mirrors Labour's policy of reducing taxes on those at the bottom of the heap - making the tax system more progressive, in other words.
- We are virtually at the bottom of the heap now in terms of health research funding per capita, and it's getting worse.
- The reality of life in uniform in 1950, according to his film, was vastly different from the edict's intentions, with blacks still considered at the bottom of the heap of postwar military service.

be struck all of a heap

informal Be extremely disconcerted.
〈非正式〉惊慌的，极度不安的
those who are struck all of a heap when faced with a bill
Example sentencesExamples
- He was struck all of a heap, and never seemed to know what ailed him.
- He had been wounded three times and used to say every morning: ‘They'd be struck all of a heap, those Boches, if they could see me now!’
- Chamberlain went to see Hitler, and afterwards wrote to his sister that he heard from Hitler himself, and it was confirmed by others who were with him, that he was struck all of a heap, and exclaimed ‘I can't possibly let a man of his age come all this way; I must go to London’.
- Some bright character, possibly strolling along a towpath one day, must have been struck all of a heap by the idea that has so infuriatingly escaped me in spite of the frequent strolls along towpaths that I take myself.
- The King was struck all of a heap by the sight, and knew not what had befallen him.
- The British spectators, who had read about these cars and only partly believed what they had read, were struck all of a heap.

heap coals of fire on someone's head

Go out of one's way to cause someone remorse.
〈英〉极力使某人愧悔交加
she did not want her sister to heap coals of fire on her head when she came home
Example sentencesExamples
- For in doing this you will heap coals of fire on his head.
- For in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head.
- The relatives of the other three heap coals of fire on my head by continuing to seek medical advice from me.
- The shenanigan only served to heap coals of fire on its head.
- The good book says that if you extend kindness to your enemies it heaps coals of fire on his head. (Rom 12: 20)
- Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.
- But that is certainly not the result in this case, and the magnanimity which desires to recognise in a friendly way the adversary, and which heaps coals of fire on his head, does not help philosophy in the least; for the adversary will not keep quiet, but persists in his attacks.
- The fact that we have been forgiven by God ought to heap coals of fire on our head, as the Scripture says.
- But if we manifest benevolence towards him, we heap coals of fire on his head.
- This morning Anna got very mad at one of the girls and Grandmother told her she ought to return good for evil and heap coals of fire on her head.

in a heap
堆起来

With the body completely limp.
（人）瘫倒，全身瘫软地
he landed in a heap at the bottom of the stairs
他瘫倒在楼梯底下。
Example sentencesExamples
- They grab hold of each other and finally collapse in a heap, out of exhaustion.
- Last Saturday we got the granddaughters to bed, made supper, tidied up then collapsed in a heap on the sofa.
- His legs, unused to the exertion, could take no more: as they buckled Emu fell in a heap in the middle of the road.
- Apparently, what you don't do is curl up in a heap, giving way to self pity.
- They play France at Twickenham, where the French usually collapse in a heap.
- In a freak accident, Barry went down in a heap outside his own penalty area and took no further part in the match.
- After completing their monologues, the cast collapse in a heap on the stage.
- Down through a basement I fell and landed in a heap in a dank tunnel.
- I tripped on the last step in the mad dash for the ground floor and ended up in a heap on the cotton mass on the ground.
- As soon as the Colonel was out of sight the troops collapsed in a heap and began swigging from their flasks.

Origin

Old English hēap (noun), hēapian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoop and German Haufen.

Rhymes

asleep, beep, bleep, cheap, cheep, creep, deep, Jeep, keep, leap, neap, neep, peep, reap, seep, sheep, skin-deep, sleep, steep, Streep, sweep, veep, weep

Definition of heap in US English:

heap

nounhiphēp

1An untidy collection of things piled up haphazardly.
（乱七八糟的）一堆
she rushed out, leaving her clothes in a heap on the floor
她快步跑出，让衣服乱糟糟堆在地板上。
Example sentencesExamples
- Mats and blankets moldered in heaps in a corner and people seemed picky about which they selected.
- I've been putting this off for days now but there's only so long you can live with your clothes in a big heap on the floor and your shoes scattered randomly across your bedroom.
- I dug through the heap of clothes that had collected into a mountain on one corner of my room and found my favorite pair of jeans.
- Everything from framed pictures to cricket memorabilia were laid out in heaps on the floor, as they were photographed as part of an official record.
- Giant sting rays pile up in heaps on the adjacent sea floor.
- Fall leaves lay in heaps on the ground, enveloping the road as well.
- She left her clothes in a tidy heap on the floor, since she didn't know where the laundry basket was.
- And neither is the termite mound a heap, a haphazard pile of dirt.
- You undressed quickly, leaving your clothes in an untidy heap on the floor.
- Plastics, metals and other recyclable materials lay in heaps everywhere, waiting to be trucked to smelters.
- This is stacked in heaps by the women and children and is set alight once it is dry.
- A janitor at Ryko looked down at the broom he was pushing and noticed he had collected a big heap of old Zappa albums that have been rattling around the warehouse for a chunk of the last decade.
- Ignoring her gown from the previous evening, which lay in a crumpled heap on the floor, she opted instead for a blue and white striped shirt from the pile of clothes on the leather armchair.
- Or, if you are planning on a Christmas theme, your Christmas wedding favors may be in the form of crackers, piled in heaps around the tables for guests to collect.
- My eyes traveled in horror to the base of the toilet where a pile of towels and a once vibrant yellow shag rug lay in heaps.
- Wet, bloody feathers lay in heaps on the floor. ‘They go in dressed, and come out undressed,’ jokes the factory manager.
- Hundreds of scrolls were tucked neatly away on wooden shelves or piled in heaps next to the walls so they would not catch on fire.
- Additionally, over 50,000 tons of solid waste produced every year lie in heaps in and around the city.
- The rest is burned in heaps on the ground and never smoked at all.
- Helpings are always liberal and strictly in heaps.
Synonyms
pile, stack, mass, mound, mountain, quantity, load, lot, bundle, jumble
1. 1.1 A mound or pile of a particular substance.
  一垛；一堆
  a heap of gravel
  一堆沙砾。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There's an unfinished attempt at a deck, no more than a heap of firewood, in one of the back corners, and a small dumping area in the other where the previous owners used to tip grass cuttings.
  If the film flops, the banks will only have a heap of cans and nothing else.
  Synonyms
  pile, bank, mound, mass, accumulation, dune, ridge
2. 1.2informal An untidy or dilapidated place or vehicle.
  〈非正式〉破旧地方（或场所）；破旧车
  they climbed back in the heap and headed home
  他们又爬进那辆破旧汽车开着回家。
  Synonyms
  automobile, motor vehicle, motorized vehicle, means of transport, conveyance, machine
3. 1.3a heap of/heaps ofinformal A large amount or number of something.
  〈非正式〉大量，许多
  we have heaps of room
  我们的空间很大。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Now I know this may get me into a whole heap of trouble, but I couldn't help feeling this novel might prove more popular with ladies than gentlemen.
  We give them a whole heap of strategies at our workshop.
  He gives you some great gig in which you make a whole heap of money, and you're just on top of the world and on every magazine cover, but your personal life is miserable.
  There's a whole heap of things I ought to be filling my time with.
  There was a whole heap of resistance to the initial spraying round.
  Well I've sold a whole heap of parts to people, nobody's ever come back and asked me where I got the parts from.
  So the ‘agreement’ referred to in the AP story is tenuous, at best, and at worst, lacks a whole heap of context that renders it meaningless.
  But a whole heap of relatively strange things happened too.
  Take into consideration our high numbers of houseless and hungry people and you find a whole heap of hungry, gluttonous Christians here.
  I could list off a whole heap of things that are sitting in my room that I couldn't stand to see get broken, wrecked, destroyed or misplaced.
  There is a whole heap of issues that need to be thought through.
  The police had set up roadblocks immediately, and at one point that night a whole heap of people tried to bust through the roadblock in cars and on foot.
  There's a whole heap of side effects with that, so it's hard to know which part was making me sicker, whether it was the disease or the drug.
  I want to get to a whole heap of Art Galleries and Museums too.
  An ex-girlfriend advised me to take cod liver oil as a supplement to help suppress this, but I can't say that my daily dose has made a whole heap of difference.
  As it was, I bought a few things for myself, and a whole heap of Christmas presents (two of which got broken on the way back, sadly).
  So he had infiltrated our houses and let in heaps of ants.
  The retro releases have resurrected the original college colors plus a whole heap of collaborations have kept the integrity intact.
  But it'll also be a huge learning curve, an incredible thrill and, every once in a while, a whole heap of fun.
  Even decoded, the instructions on the tag don't make a whole heap of sense.
  Synonyms
  a lot, lots, a large amount, a fair amount, much, a good deal, a great deal, a deal, a great quantity, quantities, an abundance, a wealth, a profusion, plenty, masses

adverbhiphēp

heapsBritish informal

A great deal.
〈非正式〉（指程度）大大地
“How do you like Maggie?” “I like you heaps better!”
“你喜欢麦琪吗？”“我喜欢你远胜过我喜欢她！”
Example sentencesExamples
- Last year there was only me and AA who were 1st years, plus AA is heaps older and I didn't know her at all.
- Thanks heaps for your time Paul and good luck for your future.
- Thanks heaps for sharing you life with us and our readers.
- Anyway, thanks heaps for the Mother's Day presents JJ and Miss M. Love ya!
- Thanks heaps for dinner and the drinks, and listening to me prattle on for a couple of hours!
- Thanks heaps for you wonderful and energetic review!
- I made the run-on team but as a winger because the incumbent halfback was heaps bigger and faster than me, and also because the mate that introduced me to the club had broken his nose the previous week.
- Thanks heaps, it means a lot to me and I'm really glad you liked it.
- I still want to be able to earn some cash from writing at some point - the recent writing I've done has been heaps better than any of my earlier work - but it's going to be a slow road ahead unless I get lucky.
- I have to say, though, that it really is a lot of fun, and heaps better than painting pebbles.
- The Australian economy seems heaps healthier by comparison.
- Anyway, thanks heaps to Hayden, Kyle and Damon for putting us up - and to Rowan and Mazzy for putting up with us.
- Anyways, thanks heaps for reviewing and don't forget to tell me what you thought of this chappie.
- Also thanks heaps to all of you who have reviewed so far.
- Hey everyone, thanks heaps for all the reviews, they mean so much to me!
- Lets just say that Bron and Drew were a great help that night… thanks heaps and I'm sorry for causing trouble.
- Thanks heaps for that phrase, which I hadn't heard before, and is really useful for me in thinking about this.
- Plus he's heaps interested in, like, fashion and stuff.
- The early reviews reckon her debut film is heaps better than Nic's was.
- Thanks heaps for the feedback and reading the story!

verbhiphēp

[with object]

1Put (objects or a loose substance) in a pile or mound.
she heaped logs on the fire
她往火上堆了些木柴。
heaped up in one corner was a pile of junk
堆在一角的是一堆废物。
Example sentencesExamples
- They're all heaped up in two towering piles, along with the old battening.
- Avoid dung or urine patches and areas where fertiliser or lime was heaped or spilled.
- In the Oklahoma case, over 12 tons of material were heaped in storerooms, but much of it was never touched, let alone properly analysed by investigators.
- Nothing else was about, save for the pile of small stones heaped by the grateful as a thank-offering to the ancient water spirit of the place.
- When did they disappear, those piles of snow that had been heaped up in the park in Ripon?
- Spread a mulch of wood chips, cocoa bean hulls, or the like around the plant, taking care not to heap the material around the rose's trunk.
- The men left on guard outside the caves placed plastic sheets over their entrances and heaped dirt on them for camouflage.
- He heaped sugar over the coffee powder in the cup.
- This version uses brown bread rather than white and between the buttery sandwiches is heaped chunky hot ginger jam, sometimes sold as ginger marmalade, but usually as ginger conserve.
- Coals were then heaped around the crucible, but while tending the fire the canon craftily placed above the crucible a special coal, one that had been hollowed out, filled with silver filings and stopped with wax.
- Excavation has shown that instead of removing the peat which was shallow at this point, a thin layer of sand was spread over the top of the peat, and gravel with some sand was heaped over to form a low agger.
- Piles of wood were heaped up at crossroads and street corners.
- Each section provided men for the experiment and tons of dirt and gravel were heaped on the pavement and, for a time at least, expedited travel within the area considerably.
- Bloodstained clothing, papers and trash were heaped everywhere.
- As the cross is secured, the youngsters heap the combustible material around the pole, and it is set ablaze by the man to last marry in the village.
- When building homes, dusky-footed wood rats heap sticks into protective piles that may reach several feet in height and width.
- I turned back to where several other servants were heaping various meats, cheeses and fruits onto my plate, and I noticed that none was going onto Hayden's.
- The amount of garbage the city generates is staggering—piles and piles of rubbish are heaped on the sidewalks by the end of the day.
- At the rare dinner parties I was invited to, the hostesses heaped carrots and peas on my plate (and if I was lucky, mashed potatoes).
- After a moment's hesitation, she heaped straw over the man so no one else would see him.
Synonyms
pile up, pile, stack up, stack, make a pile of, make a stack of, make a mound of
1. 1.1heap something with Load something copiously with.
  用…装满
  he heaped his plate with rice
  他盛了满满的一盘米饭。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Bookstore counters are heaped with books which contain one single idea: how to overcome personal disability, how to improve one's own situation.
  Ashlyn and an elderly woman in her late forties are heaping the dinner table with food.
  The U.S. soldiers lined up at the truck, heaping their plates with food.
  I guess that's why I haven't actively tried to talk with him about my troubles - I don't want to heap his plate with my issues when he has his own to deal with.
  Most beginners heap their plate with two or three of their favourite items, and soon find that they have no appetite for several of the exotic dishes.
  I ought to make a submission to the panel, but wonder at what tone to take: should I fight for my corner of the corner, or should I heap my prose with obsequies and leave it at that?
  This is Franklin's workshop; its shelves are heaped with junk: quires of paper, rags, hammers, tongs, bottles, wires, books, old shoes, rolls of leather, bones, feathers.
  When they left after a few weeks, the rest, recreation and fresh fruit having cured the crews' scurvy, they were heaped with presents.
  The group of laughing, hungry people heaped their plates with the offerings and enjoyed their celebration, as Venus with her attendant stars, and Moon on the wane joined the party.
  So it's hardly surprising that African American scholars, relative newcomers to the academic table, have heaped their plates with other types of publications and generally ignored textbooks.
  All the planes in the gates had their cargo doors open; the tarmac was heaped with opened suitcases and mounds of clothes.
  The mounds were heaped with small rock gardens, dwarfed trees, and every variety of flower imaginable.
  The trays were heaped with chicken and potatoes and bread.
  It's lunchtime on the first day of the spring term at St Peter's Church of England Primary School in East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, and the children are heaping their plates with salad.
  We remember him talking at the dining table, heaping his plate with shavings from a tiny carving, a fantastical animal or human figure or an intricately precise puzzle.
  The lure of the range brings out the cowpoke in all of us, along with the chance to heap a plate high with some hearty cowboy dishes.
  This may be provided by sinking the potted bulbs in an 18-inch trench in the garden and covering each pot with an inverted one, and heap the pot with ashes to discourage worms.
  The platters were heaped with beef fillet, sirloin, rump and kidneys as well as chicken, lamb and pork.
  I am not so sure of their total digestion, but I do recognize their omnivorousness, their heaping the plate with every piping-hot vice and outrage they could muster.
  What struck him more than anything - on a personal, human level - was a firehouse in Brooklyn; the front of the building was heaped with flowers, candles, pictures, memorials.
2. 1.2as adjective heaping" or mainly British "heaped (of a spoon or other container) with the contents piled above the brim or edge.
  〈英〉（匙或其他容器）盛满的
  a heaped teaspoon of sugar
  a heaping tablespoon of cocoa
  Example sentencesExamples
  When the butter has melted, whisk in a heaped tablespoon of flour and keep whisking (over a low heat) until the sauce thickens.
  Spread the beef slices out on a worktop and spoon a heaped tablespoon of filling into the centre of each.
  Ally brought the heaping plate of cookies to the table and set them in front of Rob.
  Make about 18 small balls of the mixture, using a heaped tablespoon of pork for each one.
  Lance gulped down the remainder of his wine, and looked from her to her still heaping plate.
  Put a heaped cup of tomato sauce in the centre of the pizza and spread with the back of a wooden spoon.
  Each time I brought a heaped spoonful to his mouth, he would greedily suck it all in.
  He may be palatable in small slices, but in heaping helpings, he's enough to put you off your pudding for good.
  Tip a heaped teaspoon of cheese into the hollow then cover it with a second tablespoon of chicken mixture.
  Stir a heaped teaspoon of mustard into the soup and then check the flavour, adding more mustard as required.
  She watched as he added a heaping spoonful to his second slice.
  Also, check the balance with a heaped bucket of spoil.
  Once most of the crystals have dissolved, add another heaped spoon and continue to agitate, checking periodically on your progress.
3. 1.3no object Form a heap.
  堆起来
  clouds heaped higher in the west
  西边的云堆积得更高了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I thought it was bad earlier this week, but it all heaped up on me today.
2heap someone/something withDirect a great deal of praise, abuse, criticism, etc. at (someone or something)
she heaped praise on the public for its generosity as charity donations continued to pour in
these are the people who make a living from heaping abuse and ridicule on those of whom they do not approve
Example sentencesExamples
- Adolescents have had a raw deal out of a government which heaps expectations on them which they can't meet.
- I think they are heaping the blame on Free Trade when it actually shows the need for law and order, especially property rights.
- The cultural establishment has recognised his ability and heaped awards on his previous six novels.
- All you and Marty want to do is heap criticisms on me.
- In those days the magazine criticised the fact that no change was taking place and heaped the blame on the ‘rightist whites’.
- But withholding comment only lets errant drivers avoid blame, which is almost invariably heaped upon the Government.
- Recalling the painful event, Shoba decides she deserved every bit of the criticism heaped upon her.
- The funny thing is, I think that a lot of the abuse heaped upon this movie is overstated.
- The flip side is that a lot of times too much praise is heaped upon us.
- It's like God and Buddha just heaped bountiful blessings on every snarky blogger in the world.
- The government, however, wasn't always heaping prizes on the outspoken 50-year-old director.
- Even at my worst, I never believed in heaping extra abuses on any feeling being that didn't do something that warranted it.
- The saint's reaction was instant and he heaped maledictions on the unfortunate salmon, forbidding it or any of its kind ever to enter the lake again.
- Now that I have that out of the way, let me start heaping some praise on this film.
- Feel free to pour your scorn or heap your praise upon us.
Synonyms
shower on, lavish on, load on
1. 2.1heap someone/something with Give someone or something (a great deal of praise, abuse, criticism, etc.)
  the film has been heaped with praise by critics and audiences alike
  Example sentencesExamples
  Although he has been heaped with academic honors over the years, I have long thought he is not sufficiently appreciated by contemporary Christian thinkers.
  That aside, this film has been heaped with awards, and has won Best Animated Feature at Sitges and the Animation Grand Award at Mainichi.
  In recognition of their services, he heaped his ministers with titles and honours, and their wider families with patronage.
  He has been heaped with abuse from politicians and corporate media for politicizing the firefighters' struggle.
  Other bands heaped with such lofty comparisons might not be able to deliver the goods.
  I have been heaped with some opprobrium by opponents of the project, and the issue has created deep divisions within the town.
  The bicycle, despite being heaped with scorn by outraged men, was consistently trumpeted by progressive women as a tool for increased freedoms.
  He will be heaped with good wishes and probably play later on.
  The show was heaped with derision for its mangling of some of the most famous lines in the English language.
  Up to Christmas he seems to have been heaped with praise for his one-man campaign to keep the team in the Premiership.
  After a life heaped with honors, including election to the Academie Francaise, Paul Valery died in Paris on July 20, 1945.
  Such a patently absurd claim deserves to be heaped with ridicule.
  If you heap a person with so much shame that they can never see beyond that, it's not impossible they'll give up.

Phrases

at the top (or bottom) of the heap

(of a person) at the highest (or lowest) point of a society or organization.
（人）在社会（或组织）最高（底）层的
she had come up the hard way from the very bottom of the heap
Example sentencesExamples
- Well I'm sure many of you will have an opinion about whether rationality should remain at the top of the heap.
- The nutrients it drags up are the basis of a colossal food chain with the big pelagic predators (marlin, shark, tuna and swordfish) at the top of the heap.
- The door has been slammed in the face of these families who now feel utterly rejected and at the bottom of the heap.
- The reality of life in uniform in 1950, according to his film, was vastly different from the edict's intentions, with blacks still considered at the bottom of the heap of postwar military service.
- Either way, in these days of six-stars hotels and bulging hotel prices, it's kind of nice to see that an old standby is at the top of the heap.
- I didn't really have any; I was at the bottom of the heap and what had happened in the past was the past.
- The unregulated labour market will leave them at the bottom of the heap - victims of meritocracy, not because they possess no merit but because they are denied the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
- We are virtually at the bottom of the heap now in terms of health research funding per capita, and it's getting worse.
- Standing up and breathing was sufficient to put you at the top of the heap.
- The rest of the proposal simply mirrors Labour's policy of reducing taxes on those at the bottom of the heap - making the tax system more progressive, in other words.

be struck all of a heap

informal Be extremely disconcerted.
〈非正式〉惊慌的，极度不安的
Example sentencesExamples
- The King was struck all of a heap by the sight, and knew not what had befallen him.
- Chamberlain went to see Hitler, and afterwards wrote to his sister that he heard from Hitler himself, and it was confirmed by others who were with him, that he was struck all of a heap, and exclaimed ‘I can't possibly let a man of his age come all this way; I must go to London’.
- He was struck all of a heap, and never seemed to know what ailed him.
- He had been wounded three times and used to say every morning: ‘They'd be struck all of a heap, those Boches, if they could see me now!’
- Some bright character, possibly strolling along a towpath one day, must have been struck all of a heap by the idea that has so infuriatingly escaped me in spite of the frequent strolls along towpaths that I take myself.
- The British spectators, who had read about these cars and only partly believed what they had read, were struck all of a heap.

heap coals of fire on someone's head

Go out of one's way to cause someone remorse.
〈英〉极力使某人愧悔交加
Example sentencesExamples
- The fact that we have been forgiven by God ought to heap coals of fire on our head, as the Scripture says.
- This morning Anna got very mad at one of the girls and Grandmother told her she ought to return good for evil and heap coals of fire on her head.
- The relatives of the other three heap coals of fire on my head by continuing to seek medical advice from me.
- Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.
- But that is certainly not the result in this case, and the magnanimity which desires to recognise in a friendly way the adversary, and which heaps coals of fire on his head, does not help philosophy in the least; for the adversary will not keep quiet, but persists in his attacks.
- The good book says that if you extend kindness to your enemies it heaps coals of fire on his head. (Rom 12: 20)
- For in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head.
- The shenanigan only served to heap coals of fire on its head.
- For in doing this you will heap coals of fire on his head.
- But if we manifest benevolence towards him, we heap coals of fire on his head.

in a heap
堆起来

(of a person) with the body completely limp.
（人）瘫倒，全身瘫软地
he landed in a heap at the bottom of the stairs
他瘫倒在楼梯底下。
Example sentencesExamples
- In a freak accident, Barry went down in a heap outside his own penalty area and took no further part in the match.
- They play France at Twickenham, where the French usually collapse in a heap.
- His legs, unused to the exertion, could take no more: as they buckled Emu fell in a heap in the middle of the road.
- Down through a basement I fell and landed in a heap in a dank tunnel.
- Apparently, what you don't do is curl up in a heap, giving way to self pity.
- Last Saturday we got the granddaughters to bed, made supper, tidied up then collapsed in a heap on the sofa.
- After completing their monologues, the cast collapse in a heap on the stage.
- As soon as the Colonel was out of sight the troops collapsed in a heap and began swigging from their flasks.
- They grab hold of each other and finally collapse in a heap, out of exhaustion.
- I tripped on the last step in the mad dash for the ground floor and ended up in a heap on the cotton mass on the ground.

Origin

Old English hēap (noun), hēapian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoop and German Haufen.

单词	heap
释义	Definition of heap in English: heap noun hiːphip 1An untidy collection of objects placed haphazardly on top of each other. （乱七八糟的）一堆 a disordered heap of a lot of boxes 乱糟糟的一堆盒子。 her clothes lay in a heap on the floor 她快步跑出，让衣服乱糟糟堆在地板上。 Example sentencesExamples Giant sting rays pile up in heaps on the adjacent sea floor. Everything from framed pictures to cricket memorabilia were laid out in heaps on the floor, as they were photographed as part of an official record. Ignoring her gown from the previous evening, which lay in a crumpled heap on the floor, she opted instead for a blue and white striped shirt from the pile of clothes on the leather armchair. Additionally, over 50,000 tons of solid waste produced every year lie in heaps in and around the city. I dug through the heap of clothes that had collected into a mountain on one corner of my room and found my favorite pair of jeans. Helpings are always liberal and strictly in heaps. Mats and blankets moldered in heaps in a corner and people seemed picky about which they selected. The rest is burned in heaps on the ground and never smoked at all. She left her clothes in a tidy heap on the floor, since she didn't know where the laundry basket was. I've been putting this off for days now but there's only so long you can live with your clothes in a big heap on the floor and your shoes scattered randomly across your bedroom. Or, if you are planning on a Christmas theme, your Christmas wedding favors may be in the form of crackers, piled in heaps around the tables for guests to collect. My eyes traveled in horror to the base of the toilet where a pile of towels and a once vibrant yellow shag rug lay in heaps. Plastics, metals and other recyclable materials lay in heaps everywhere, waiting to be trucked to smelters. Wet, bloody feathers lay in heaps on the floor. ‘They go in dressed, and come out undressed,’ jokes the factory manager. A janitor at Ryko looked down at the broom he was pushing and noticed he had collected a big heap of old Zappa albums that have been rattling around the warehouse for a chunk of the last decade. This is stacked in heaps by the women and children and is set alight once it is dry. Fall leaves lay in heaps on the ground, enveloping the road as well. Hundreds of scrolls were tucked neatly away on wooden shelves or piled in heaps next to the walls so they would not catch on fire. You undressed quickly, leaving your clothes in an untidy heap on the floor. And neither is the termite mound a heap, a haphazard pile of dirt. Synonyms pile, stack, mass, mound, mountain, quantity, load, lot, bundle, jumble collection, accumulation, gathering assemblage, store, stock, supply, stockpile, hoard, aggregation, agglomeration, accrual, conglomeration Scottish, Irish, &amp Northern English rickle Scottish bing rare amassment 1.1 An amount of a particular loose substance. 一垛；一堆 a heap of gravel 一堆沙砾。 Example sentencesExamples There's an unfinished attempt at a deck, no more than a heap of firewood, in one of the back corners, and a small dumping area in the other where the previous owners used to tip grass cuttings. If the film flops, the banks will only have a heap of cans and nothing else. Synonyms pile, bank, mound, mass, accumulation, dune, ridge 2a heap of/heaps ofinformal A large amount or number of. we have heaps of room 我们的空间很大。 Example sentencesExamples Well I've sold a whole heap of parts to people, nobody's ever come back and asked me where I got the parts from. Now I know this may get me into a whole heap of trouble, but I couldn't help feeling this novel might prove more popular with ladies than gentlemen. I want to get to a whole heap of Art Galleries and Museums too. Take into consideration our high numbers of houseless and hungry people and you find a whole heap of hungry, gluttonous Christians here. There's a whole heap of things I ought to be filling my time with. We give them a whole heap of strategies at our workshop. There is a whole heap of issues that need to be thought through. An ex-girlfriend advised me to take cod liver oil as a supplement to help suppress this, but I can't say that my daily dose has made a whole heap of difference. Even decoded, the instructions on the tag don't make a whole heap of sense. The retro releases have resurrected the original college colors plus a whole heap of collaborations have kept the integrity intact. But a whole heap of relatively strange things happened too. I could list off a whole heap of things that are sitting in my room that I couldn't stand to see get broken, wrecked, destroyed or misplaced. But it'll also be a huge learning curve, an incredible thrill and, every once in a while, a whole heap of fun. So he had infiltrated our houses and let in heaps of ants. There's a whole heap of side effects with that, so it's hard to know which part was making me sicker, whether it was the disease or the drug. The police had set up roadblocks immediately, and at one point that night a whole heap of people tried to bust through the roadblock in cars and on foot. So the ‘agreement’ referred to in the AP story is tenuous, at best, and at worst, lacks a whole heap of context that renders it meaningless. He gives you some great gig in which you make a whole heap of money, and you're just on top of the world and on every magazine cover, but your personal life is miserable. There was a whole heap of resistance to the initial spraying round. As it was, I bought a few things for myself, and a whole heap of Christmas presents (two of which got broken on the way back, sadly). Synonyms a lot, lots, a large amount, a fair amount, much, a good/great deal, a deal, a great quantity, quantities, an abundance, a wealth, a profusion, plenty, masses many, a great many, a large number, a considerable number, a huge number, numerous, scores, hundreds, thousands, millions, billions informal a load, loads, loadsa, a pile, piles, oodles, stacks, scads, reams, wads, pots, oceans, a mountain, mountains, miles, tons, zillions, gazillions, bazillions, more … than one can shake a stick at British informal a shedload, lashings North American informal gobs Australian/New Zealand informal a swag vulgar slang a shitload North American vulgar slang an assload 3informal An untidy or dilapidated place or vehicle. 〈非正式〉破旧地方（或场所）；破旧车 they climbed back in the heap and headed home 他们又爬进那辆破旧汽车开着回家。 Synonyms automobile, motor vehicle, motorized vehicle, means of transport, conveyance, machine adverbhiːphip heapsBritish informal A great deal. 〈非正式〉（指程度）大大地 ‘How do you like Maggie?’ ‘I like you heaps better!’ “你喜欢麦琪吗？”“我喜欢你远胜过我喜欢她！” Example sentencesExamples Thanks heaps for dinner and the drinks, and listening to me prattle on for a couple of hours! Plus he's heaps interested in, like, fashion and stuff. I have to say, though, that it really is a lot of fun, and heaps better than painting pebbles. Thanks heaps for your time Paul and good luck for your future. Thanks heaps, it means a lot to me and I'm really glad you liked it. Lets just say that Bron and Drew were a great help that night… thanks heaps and I'm sorry for causing trouble. I still want to be able to earn some cash from writing at some point - the recent writing I've done has been heaps better than any of my earlier work - but it's going to be a slow road ahead unless I get lucky. Thanks heaps for you wonderful and energetic review! The early reviews reckon her debut film is heaps better than Nic's was. Anyway, thanks heaps for the Mother's Day presents JJ and Miss M. Love ya! Thanks heaps for that phrase, which I hadn't heard before, and is really useful for me in thinking about this. Thanks heaps for sharing you life with us and our readers. Thanks heaps for the feedback and reading the story! Also thanks heaps to all of you who have reviewed so far. The Australian economy seems heaps healthier by comparison. Anyway, thanks heaps to Hayden, Kyle and Damon for putting us up - and to Rowan and Mazzy for putting up with us. Anyways, thanks heaps for reviewing and don't forget to tell me what you thought of this chappie. Last year there was only me and AA who were 1st years, plus AA is heaps older and I didn't know her at all. I made the run-on team but as a winger because the incumbent halfback was heaps bigger and faster than me, and also because the mate that introduced me to the club had broken his nose the previous week. Hey everyone, thanks heaps for all the reviews, they mean so much to me! verb hiːphip [with object] 1Put (objects or a loose substance) in a heap. she heaped logs on the fire 她往火上堆了些木柴。 heaped up in one corner was a pile of junk 堆在一角的是一堆废物。 Example sentencesExamples He heaped sugar over the coffee powder in the cup. Avoid dung or urine patches and areas where fertiliser or lime was heaped or spilled. The men left on guard outside the caves placed plastic sheets over their entrances and heaped dirt on them for camouflage. Excavation has shown that instead of removing the peat which was shallow at this point, a thin layer of sand was spread over the top of the peat, and gravel with some sand was heaped over to form a low agger. After a moment's hesitation, she heaped straw over the man so no one else would see him. Nothing else was about, save for the pile of small stones heaped by the grateful as a thank-offering to the ancient water spirit of the place. In the Oklahoma case, over 12 tons of material were heaped in storerooms, but much of it was never touched, let alone properly analysed by investigators. When did they disappear, those piles of snow that had been heaped up in the park in Ripon? At the rare dinner parties I was invited to, the hostesses heaped carrots and peas on my plate (and if I was lucky, mashed potatoes). Each section provided men for the experiment and tons of dirt and gravel were heaped on the pavement and, for a time at least, expedited travel within the area considerably. Bloodstained clothing, papers and trash were heaped everywhere. Spread a mulch of wood chips, cocoa bean hulls, or the like around the plant, taking care not to heap the material around the rose's trunk. When building homes, dusky-footed wood rats heap sticks into protective piles that may reach several feet in height and width. Coals were then heaped around the crucible, but while tending the fire the canon craftily placed above the crucible a special coal, one that had been hollowed out, filled with silver filings and stopped with wax. Piles of wood were heaped up at crossroads and street corners. I turned back to where several other servants were heaping various meats, cheeses and fruits onto my plate, and I noticed that none was going onto Hayden's. As the cross is secured, the youngsters heap the combustible material around the pole, and it is set ablaze by the man to last marry in the village. They're all heaped up in two towering piles, along with the old battening. This version uses brown bread rather than white and between the buttery sandwiches is heaped chunky hot ginger jam, sometimes sold as ginger marmalade, but usually as ginger conserve. The amount of garbage the city generates is staggering—piles and piles of rubbish are heaped on the sidewalks by the end of the day. Synonyms pile up, pile, stack up, stack, make a pile of, make a stack of, make a mound of assemble, accumulate, collect, amass store, store up, stock up, stockpile, hoard 1.1heap something with Load something copiously with. 用…装满 he heaped his plate with rice 他盛了满满的一盘米饭。 Example sentencesExamples All the planes in the gates had their cargo doors open; the tarmac was heaped with opened suitcases and mounds of clothes. The platters were heaped with beef fillet, sirloin, rump and kidneys as well as chicken, lamb and pork. So it's hardly surprising that African American scholars, relative newcomers to the academic table, have heaped their plates with other types of publications and generally ignored textbooks. I guess that's why I haven't actively tried to talk with him about my troubles - I don't want to heap his plate with my issues when he has his own to deal with. What struck him more than anything - on a personal, human level - was a firehouse in Brooklyn; the front of the building was heaped with flowers, candles, pictures, memorials. The group of laughing, hungry people heaped their plates with the offerings and enjoyed their celebration, as Venus with her attendant stars, and Moon on the wane joined the party. We remember him talking at the dining table, heaping his plate with shavings from a tiny carving, a fantastical animal or human figure or an intricately precise puzzle. I ought to make a submission to the panel, but wonder at what tone to take: should I fight for my corner of the corner, or should I heap my prose with obsequies and leave it at that? This is Franklin's workshop; its shelves are heaped with junk: quires of paper, rags, hammers, tongs, bottles, wires, books, old shoes, rolls of leather, bones, feathers. The lure of the range brings out the cowpoke in all of us, along with the chance to heap a plate high with some hearty cowboy dishes. I am not so sure of their total digestion, but I do recognize their omnivorousness, their heaping the plate with every piping-hot vice and outrage they could muster. Ashlyn and an elderly woman in her late forties are heaping the dinner table with food. This may be provided by sinking the potted bulbs in an 18-inch trench in the garden and covering each pot with an inverted one, and heap the pot with ashes to discourage worms. The mounds were heaped with small rock gardens, dwarfed trees, and every variety of flower imaginable. The U.S. soldiers lined up at the truck, heaping their plates with food. It's lunchtime on the first day of the spring term at St Peter's Church of England Primary School in East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, and the children are heaping their plates with salad. Bookstore counters are heaped with books which contain one single idea: how to overcome personal disability, how to improve one's own situation. When they left after a few weeks, the rest, recreation and fresh fruit having cured the crews' scurvy, they were heaped with presents. The trays were heaped with chicken and potatoes and bread. Most beginners heap their plate with two or three of their favourite items, and soon find that they have no appetite for several of the exotic dishes. 1.2as adjective heaped" or North American "heaping (of a spoon or other container) with the contents piled above the brim or edge. 〈英〉（匙或其他容器）盛满的 a heaped teaspoon of sugar Example sentencesExamples When the butter has melted, whisk in a heaped tablespoon of flour and keep whisking (over a low heat) until the sauce thickens. Put a heaped cup of tomato sauce in the centre of the pizza and spread with the back of a wooden spoon. Each time I brought a heaped spoonful to his mouth, he would greedily suck it all in. Tip a heaped teaspoon of cheese into the hollow then cover it with a second tablespoon of chicken mixture. Lance gulped down the remainder of his wine, and looked from her to her still heaping plate. Ally brought the heaping plate of cookies to the table and set them in front of Rob. Make about 18 small balls of the mixture, using a heaped tablespoon of pork for each one. He may be palatable in small slices, but in heaping helpings, he's enough to put you off your pudding for good. Spread the beef slices out on a worktop and spoon a heaped tablespoon of filling into the centre of each. Also, check the balance with a heaped bucket of spoil. She watched as he added a heaping spoonful to his second slice. Stir a heaped teaspoon of mustard into the soup and then check the flavour, adding more mustard as required. Once most of the crystals have dissolved, add another heaped spoon and continue to agitate, checking periodically on your progress. 1.3no object Form a heap. 堆起来 clouds heaped higher in the west 西边的云堆积得更高了。 Example sentencesExamples I thought it was bad earlier this week, but it all heaped up on me today. 2heap someone/something withDirect a great deal of praise, abuse, criticism, etc. at (someone or something) she heaped praise on the public for its generosity as charity donations continued to pour in these are the people who make a living from heaping abuse and ridicule on those of whom they do not approve Example sentencesExamples But withholding comment only lets errant drivers avoid blame, which is almost invariably heaped upon the Government. The saint's reaction was instant and he heaped maledictions on the unfortunate salmon, forbidding it or any of its kind ever to enter the lake again. Even at my worst, I never believed in heaping extra abuses on any feeling being that didn't do something that warranted it. It's like God and Buddha just heaped bountiful blessings on every snarky blogger in the world. All you and Marty want to do is heap criticisms on me. Adolescents have had a raw deal out of a government which heaps expectations on them which they can't meet. The flip side is that a lot of times too much praise is heaped upon us. Feel free to pour your scorn or heap your praise upon us. The cultural establishment has recognised his ability and heaped awards on his previous six novels. Now that I have that out of the way, let me start heaping some praise on this film. The funny thing is, I think that a lot of the abuse heaped upon this movie is overstated. In those days the magazine criticised the fact that no change was taking place and heaped the blame on the ‘rightist whites’. The government, however, wasn't always heaping prizes on the outspoken 50-year-old director. Recalling the painful event, Shoba decides she deserved every bit of the criticism heaped upon her. I think they are heaping the blame on Free Trade when it actually shows the need for law and order, especially property rights. Synonyms shower on, lavish on, load on bestow on, confer on, give, grant, vouchsafe, assign to, award to, favour with, furnish with 2.1heap someone/something with Give someone or something (a great deal of praise, abuse, criticism, etc.) the film has been heaped with praise by critics and audiences alike Example sentencesExamples I have been heaped with some opprobrium by opponents of the project, and the issue has created deep divisions within the town. That aside, this film has been heaped with awards, and has won Best Animated Feature at Sitges and the Animation Grand Award at Mainichi. He has been heaped with abuse from politicians and corporate media for politicizing the firefighters' struggle. After a life heaped with honors, including election to the Academie Francaise, Paul Valery died in Paris on July 20, 1945. Such a patently absurd claim deserves to be heaped with ridicule. If you heap a person with so much shame that they can never see beyond that, it's not impossible they'll give up. Up to Christmas he seems to have been heaped with praise for his one-man campaign to keep the team in the Premiership. In recognition of their services, he heaped his ministers with titles and honours, and their wider families with patronage. Although he has been heaped with academic honors over the years, I have long thought he is not sufficiently appreciated by contemporary Christian thinkers. The show was heaped with derision for its mangling of some of the most famous lines in the English language. The bicycle, despite being heaped with scorn by outraged men, was consistently trumpeted by progressive women as a tool for increased freedoms. Other bands heaped with such lofty comparisons might not be able to deliver the goods. He will be heaped with good wishes and probably play later on. Phrases at the top (or bottom) of the heap (of a person) at the highest (or lowest) point of a society or organization. （人）在社会（或组织）最高（底）层的 she had come up the hard way from the very bottom of the heap those with grand hereditary titles remain at the top of the heap Example sentencesExamples The unregulated labour market will leave them at the bottom of the heap - victims of meritocracy, not because they possess no merit but because they are denied the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. The door has been slammed in the face of these families who now feel utterly rejected and at the bottom of the heap. Well I'm sure many of you will have an opinion about whether rationality should remain at the top of the heap. Standing up and breathing was sufficient to put you at the top of the heap. The nutrients it drags up are the basis of a colossal food chain with the big pelagic predators (marlin, shark, tuna and swordfish) at the top of the heap. I didn't really have any; I was at the bottom of the heap and what had happened in the past was the past. Either way, in these days of six-stars hotels and bulging hotel prices, it's kind of nice to see that an old standby is at the top of the heap. The rest of the proposal simply mirrors Labour's policy of reducing taxes on those at the bottom of the heap - making the tax system more progressive, in other words. We are virtually at the bottom of the heap now in terms of health research funding per capita, and it's getting worse. The reality of life in uniform in 1950, according to his film, was vastly different from the edict's intentions, with blacks still considered at the bottom of the heap of postwar military service. be struck all of a heap informal Be extremely disconcerted. 〈非正式〉惊慌的，极度不安的 those who are struck all of a heap when faced with a bill Example sentencesExamples He was struck all of a heap, and never seemed to know what ailed him. He had been wounded three times and used to say every morning: ‘They'd be struck all of a heap, those Boches, if they could see me now!’ Chamberlain went to see Hitler, and afterwards wrote to his sister that he heard from Hitler himself, and it was confirmed by others who were with him, that he was struck all of a heap, and exclaimed ‘I can't possibly let a man of his age come all this way; I must go to London’. Some bright character, possibly strolling along a towpath one day, must have been struck all of a heap by the idea that has so infuriatingly escaped me in spite of the frequent strolls along towpaths that I take myself. The King was struck all of a heap by the sight, and knew not what had befallen him. The British spectators, who had read about these cars and only partly believed what they had read, were struck all of a heap. heap coals of fire on someone's head Go out of one's way to cause someone remorse. 〈英〉极力使某人愧悔交加 she did not want her sister to heap coals of fire on her head when she came home Example sentencesExamples For in doing this you will heap coals of fire on his head. For in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head. The relatives of the other three heap coals of fire on my head by continuing to seek medical advice from me. The shenanigan only served to heap coals of fire on its head. The good book says that if you extend kindness to your enemies it heaps coals of fire on his head. (Rom 12: 20) Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head. But that is certainly not the result in this case, and the magnanimity which desires to recognise in a friendly way the adversary, and which heaps coals of fire on his head, does not help philosophy in the least; for the adversary will not keep quiet, but persists in his attacks. The fact that we have been forgiven by God ought to heap coals of fire on our head, as the Scripture says. But if we manifest benevolence towards him, we heap coals of fire on his head. This morning Anna got very mad at one of the girls and Grandmother told her she ought to return good for evil and heap coals of fire on her head. in a heap 堆起来 With the body completely limp. （人）瘫倒，全身瘫软地 he landed in a heap at the bottom of the stairs 他瘫倒在楼梯底下。 Example sentencesExamples They grab hold of each other and finally collapse in a heap, out of exhaustion. Last Saturday we got the granddaughters to bed, made supper, tidied up then collapsed in a heap on the sofa. His legs, unused to the exertion, could take no more: as they buckled Emu fell in a heap in the middle of the road. Apparently, what you don't do is curl up in a heap, giving way to self pity. They play France at Twickenham, where the French usually collapse in a heap. In a freak accident, Barry went down in a heap outside his own penalty area and took no further part in the match. After completing their monologues, the cast collapse in a heap on the stage. Down through a basement I fell and landed in a heap in a dank tunnel. I tripped on the last step in the mad dash for the ground floor and ended up in a heap on the cotton mass on the ground. As soon as the Colonel was out of sight the troops collapsed in a heap and began swigging from their flasks. Origin Old English hēap (noun), hēapian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoop and German Haufen. Rhymes asleep, beep, bleep, cheap, cheep, creep, deep, Jeep, keep, leap, neap, neep, peep, reap, seep, sheep, skin-deep, sleep, steep, Streep, sweep, veep, weep noun.1 phr. Definition of heap in US English: heap nounhiphēp 1An untidy collection of things piled up haphazardly. （乱七八糟的）一堆 she rushed out, leaving her clothes in a heap on the floor 她快步跑出，让衣服乱糟糟堆在地板上。 Example sentencesExamples Mats and blankets moldered in heaps in a corner and people seemed picky about which they selected. I've been putting this off for days now but there's only so long you can live with your clothes in a big heap on the floor and your shoes scattered randomly across your bedroom. I dug through the heap of clothes that had collected into a mountain on one corner of my room and found my favorite pair of jeans. Everything from framed pictures to cricket memorabilia were laid out in heaps on the floor, as they were photographed as part of an official record. Giant sting rays pile up in heaps on the adjacent sea floor. Fall leaves lay in heaps on the ground, enveloping the road as well. She left her clothes in a tidy heap on the floor, since she didn't know where the laundry basket was. And neither is the termite mound a heap, a haphazard pile of dirt. You undressed quickly, leaving your clothes in an untidy heap on the floor. Plastics, metals and other recyclable materials lay in heaps everywhere, waiting to be trucked to smelters. This is stacked in heaps by the women and children and is set alight once it is dry. A janitor at Ryko looked down at the broom he was pushing and noticed he had collected a big heap of old Zappa albums that have been rattling around the warehouse for a chunk of the last decade. Ignoring her gown from the previous evening, which lay in a crumpled heap on the floor, she opted instead for a blue and white striped shirt from the pile of clothes on the leather armchair. Or, if you are planning on a Christmas theme, your Christmas wedding favors may be in the form of crackers, piled in heaps around the tables for guests to collect. My eyes traveled in horror to the base of the toilet where a pile of towels and a once vibrant yellow shag rug lay in heaps. Wet, bloody feathers lay in heaps on the floor. ‘They go in dressed, and come out undressed,’ jokes the factory manager. Hundreds of scrolls were tucked neatly away on wooden shelves or piled in heaps next to the walls so they would not catch on fire. Additionally, over 50,000 tons of solid waste produced every year lie in heaps in and around the city. The rest is burned in heaps on the ground and never smoked at all. Helpings are always liberal and strictly in heaps. Synonyms pile, stack, mass, mound, mountain, quantity, load, lot, bundle, jumble 1.1 A mound or pile of a particular substance. 一垛；一堆 a heap of gravel 一堆沙砾。 Example sentencesExamples There's an unfinished attempt at a deck, no more than a heap of firewood, in one of the back corners, and a small dumping area in the other where the previous owners used to tip grass cuttings. If the film flops, the banks will only have a heap of cans and nothing else. Synonyms pile, bank, mound, mass, accumulation, dune, ridge 1.2informal An untidy or dilapidated place or vehicle. 〈非正式〉破旧地方（或场所）；破旧车 they climbed back in the heap and headed home 他们又爬进那辆破旧汽车开着回家。 Synonyms automobile, motor vehicle, motorized vehicle, means of transport, conveyance, machine 1.3a heap of/heaps ofinformal A large amount or number of something. 〈非正式〉大量，许多 we have heaps of room 我们的空间很大。 Example sentencesExamples Now I know this may get me into a whole heap of trouble, but I couldn't help feeling this novel might prove more popular with ladies than gentlemen. We give them a whole heap of strategies at our workshop. He gives you some great gig in which you make a whole heap of money, and you're just on top of the world and on every magazine cover, but your personal life is miserable. There's a whole heap of things I ought to be filling my time with. There was a whole heap of resistance to the initial spraying round. Well I've sold a whole heap of parts to people, nobody's ever come back and asked me where I got the parts from. So the ‘agreement’ referred to in the AP story is tenuous, at best, and at worst, lacks a whole heap of context that renders it meaningless. But a whole heap of relatively strange things happened too. Take into consideration our high numbers of houseless and hungry people and you find a whole heap of hungry, gluttonous Christians here. I could list off a whole heap of things that are sitting in my room that I couldn't stand to see get broken, wrecked, destroyed or misplaced. There is a whole heap of issues that need to be thought through. The police had set up roadblocks immediately, and at one point that night a whole heap of people tried to bust through the roadblock in cars and on foot. There's a whole heap of side effects with that, so it's hard to know which part was making me sicker, whether it was the disease or the drug. I want to get to a whole heap of Art Galleries and Museums too. An ex-girlfriend advised me to take cod liver oil as a supplement to help suppress this, but I can't say that my daily dose has made a whole heap of difference. As it was, I bought a few things for myself, and a whole heap of Christmas presents (two of which got broken on the way back, sadly). So he had infiltrated our houses and let in heaps of ants. The retro releases have resurrected the original college colors plus a whole heap of collaborations have kept the integrity intact. But it'll also be a huge learning curve, an incredible thrill and, every once in a while, a whole heap of fun. Even decoded, the instructions on the tag don't make a whole heap of sense. Synonyms a lot, lots, a large amount, a fair amount, much, a good deal, a great deal, a deal, a great quantity, quantities, an abundance, a wealth, a profusion, plenty, masses adverbhiphēp heapsBritish informal A great deal. 〈非正式〉（指程度）大大地 “How do you like Maggie?” “I like you heaps better!” “你喜欢麦琪吗？”“我喜欢你远胜过我喜欢她！” Example sentencesExamples Last year there was only me and AA who were 1st years, plus AA is heaps older and I didn't know her at all. Thanks heaps for your time Paul and good luck for your future. Thanks heaps for sharing you life with us and our readers. Anyway, thanks heaps for the Mother's Day presents JJ and Miss M. Love ya! Thanks heaps for dinner and the drinks, and listening to me prattle on for a couple of hours! Thanks heaps for you wonderful and energetic review! I made the run-on team but as a winger because the incumbent halfback was heaps bigger and faster than me, and also because the mate that introduced me to the club had broken his nose the previous week. Thanks heaps, it means a lot to me and I'm really glad you liked it. I still want to be able to earn some cash from writing at some point - the recent writing I've done has been heaps better than any of my earlier work - but it's going to be a slow road ahead unless I get lucky. I have to say, though, that it really is a lot of fun, and heaps better than painting pebbles. The Australian economy seems heaps healthier by comparison. Anyway, thanks heaps to Hayden, Kyle and Damon for putting us up - and to Rowan and Mazzy for putting up with us. Anyways, thanks heaps for reviewing and don't forget to tell me what you thought of this chappie. Also thanks heaps to all of you who have reviewed so far. Hey everyone, thanks heaps for all the reviews, they mean so much to me! Lets just say that Bron and Drew were a great help that night… thanks heaps and I'm sorry for causing trouble. Thanks heaps for that phrase, which I hadn't heard before, and is really useful for me in thinking about this. Plus he's heaps interested in, like, fashion and stuff. The early reviews reckon her debut film is heaps better than Nic's was. Thanks heaps for the feedback and reading the story! verbhiphēp [with object] 1Put (objects or a loose substance) in a pile or mound. she heaped logs on the fire 她往火上堆了些木柴。 heaped up in one corner was a pile of junk 堆在一角的是一堆废物。 Example sentencesExamples They're all heaped up in two towering piles, along with the old battening. Avoid dung or urine patches and areas where fertiliser or lime was heaped or spilled. In the Oklahoma case, over 12 tons of material were heaped in storerooms, but much of it was never touched, let alone properly analysed by investigators. Nothing else was about, save for the pile of small stones heaped by the grateful as a thank-offering to the ancient water spirit of the place. When did they disappear, those piles of snow that had been heaped up in the park in Ripon? Spread a mulch of wood chips, cocoa bean hulls, or the like around the plant, taking care not to heap the material around the rose's trunk. The men left on guard outside the caves placed plastic sheets over their entrances and heaped dirt on them for camouflage. He heaped sugar over the coffee powder in the cup. This version uses brown bread rather than white and between the buttery sandwiches is heaped chunky hot ginger jam, sometimes sold as ginger marmalade, but usually as ginger conserve. Coals were then heaped around the crucible, but while tending the fire the canon craftily placed above the crucible a special coal, one that had been hollowed out, filled with silver filings and stopped with wax. Excavation has shown that instead of removing the peat which was shallow at this point, a thin layer of sand was spread over the top of the peat, and gravel with some sand was heaped over to form a low agger. Piles of wood were heaped up at crossroads and street corners. Each section provided men for the experiment and tons of dirt and gravel were heaped on the pavement and, for a time at least, expedited travel within the area considerably. Bloodstained clothing, papers and trash were heaped everywhere. As the cross is secured, the youngsters heap the combustible material around the pole, and it is set ablaze by the man to last marry in the village. When building homes, dusky-footed wood rats heap sticks into protective piles that may reach several feet in height and width. I turned back to where several other servants were heaping various meats, cheeses and fruits onto my plate, and I noticed that none was going onto Hayden's. The amount of garbage the city generates is staggering—piles and piles of rubbish are heaped on the sidewalks by the end of the day. At the rare dinner parties I was invited to, the hostesses heaped carrots and peas on my plate (and if I was lucky, mashed potatoes). After a moment's hesitation, she heaped straw over the man so no one else would see him. Synonyms pile up, pile, stack up, stack, make a pile of, make a stack of, make a mound of 1.1heap something with Load something copiously with. 用…装满 he heaped his plate with rice 他盛了满满的一盘米饭。 Example sentencesExamples Bookstore counters are heaped with books which contain one single idea: how to overcome personal disability, how to improve one's own situation. Ashlyn and an elderly woman in her late forties are heaping the dinner table with food. The U.S. soldiers lined up at the truck, heaping their plates with food. I guess that's why I haven't actively tried to talk with him about my troubles - I don't want to heap his plate with my issues when he has his own to deal with. Most beginners heap their plate with two or three of their favourite items, and soon find that they have no appetite for several of the exotic dishes. I ought to make a submission to the panel, but wonder at what tone to take: should I fight for my corner of the corner, or should I heap my prose with obsequies and leave it at that? This is Franklin's workshop; its shelves are heaped with junk: quires of paper, rags, hammers, tongs, bottles, wires, books, old shoes, rolls of leather, bones, feathers. When they left after a few weeks, the rest, recreation and fresh fruit having cured the crews' scurvy, they were heaped with presents. The group of laughing, hungry people heaped their plates with the offerings and enjoyed their celebration, as Venus with her attendant stars, and Moon on the wane joined the party. So it's hardly surprising that African American scholars, relative newcomers to the academic table, have heaped their plates with other types of publications and generally ignored textbooks. All the planes in the gates had their cargo doors open; the tarmac was heaped with opened suitcases and mounds of clothes. The mounds were heaped with small rock gardens, dwarfed trees, and every variety of flower imaginable. The trays were heaped with chicken and potatoes and bread. It's lunchtime on the first day of the spring term at St Peter's Church of England Primary School in East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, and the children are heaping their plates with salad. We remember him talking at the dining table, heaping his plate with shavings from a tiny carving, a fantastical animal or human figure or an intricately precise puzzle. The lure of the range brings out the cowpoke in all of us, along with the chance to heap a plate high with some hearty cowboy dishes. This may be provided by sinking the potted bulbs in an 18-inch trench in the garden and covering each pot with an inverted one, and heap the pot with ashes to discourage worms. The platters were heaped with beef fillet, sirloin, rump and kidneys as well as chicken, lamb and pork. I am not so sure of their total digestion, but I do recognize their omnivorousness, their heaping the plate with every piping-hot vice and outrage they could muster. What struck him more than anything - on a personal, human level - was a firehouse in Brooklyn; the front of the building was heaped with flowers, candles, pictures, memorials. 1.2as adjective heaping" or mainly British "heaped (of a spoon or other container) with the contents piled above the brim or edge. 〈英〉（匙或其他容器）盛满的 a heaped teaspoon of sugar a heaping tablespoon of cocoa Example sentencesExamples When the butter has melted, whisk in a heaped tablespoon of flour and keep whisking (over a low heat) until the sauce thickens. Spread the beef slices out on a worktop and spoon a heaped tablespoon of filling into the centre of each. Ally brought the heaping plate of cookies to the table and set them in front of Rob. Make about 18 small balls of the mixture, using a heaped tablespoon of pork for each one. Lance gulped down the remainder of his wine, and looked from her to her still heaping plate. Put a heaped cup of tomato sauce in the centre of the pizza and spread with the back of a wooden spoon. Each time I brought a heaped spoonful to his mouth, he would greedily suck it all in. He may be palatable in small slices, but in heaping helpings, he's enough to put you off your pudding for good. Tip a heaped teaspoon of cheese into the hollow then cover it with a second tablespoon of chicken mixture. Stir a heaped teaspoon of mustard into the soup and then check the flavour, adding more mustard as required. She watched as he added a heaping spoonful to his second slice. Also, check the balance with a heaped bucket of spoil. Once most of the crystals have dissolved, add another heaped spoon and continue to agitate, checking periodically on your progress. 1.3no object Form a heap. 堆起来 clouds heaped higher in the west 西边的云堆积得更高了。 Example sentencesExamples I thought it was bad earlier this week, but it all heaped up on me today. 2heap someone/something withDirect a great deal of praise, abuse, criticism, etc. at (someone or something) she heaped praise on the public for its generosity as charity donations continued to pour in these are the people who make a living from heaping abuse and ridicule on those of whom they do not approve Example sentencesExamples Adolescents have had a raw deal out of a government which heaps expectations on them which they can't meet. I think they are heaping the blame on Free Trade when it actually shows the need for law and order, especially property rights. The cultural establishment has recognised his ability and heaped awards on his previous six novels. All you and Marty want to do is heap criticisms on me. In those days the magazine criticised the fact that no change was taking place and heaped the blame on the ‘rightist whites’. But withholding comment only lets errant drivers avoid blame, which is almost invariably heaped upon the Government. Recalling the painful event, Shoba decides she deserved every bit of the criticism heaped upon her. The funny thing is, I think that a lot of the abuse heaped upon this movie is overstated. The flip side is that a lot of times too much praise is heaped upon us. It's like God and Buddha just heaped bountiful blessings on every snarky blogger in the world. The government, however, wasn't always heaping prizes on the outspoken 50-year-old director. Even at my worst, I never believed in heaping extra abuses on any feeling being that didn't do something that warranted it. The saint's reaction was instant and he heaped maledictions on the unfortunate salmon, forbidding it or any of its kind ever to enter the lake again. Now that I have that out of the way, let me start heaping some praise on this film. Feel free to pour your scorn or heap your praise upon us. Synonyms shower on, lavish on, load on 2.1heap someone/something with Give someone or something (a great deal of praise, abuse, criticism, etc.) the film has been heaped with praise by critics and audiences alike Example sentencesExamples Although he has been heaped with academic honors over the years, I have long thought he is not sufficiently appreciated by contemporary Christian thinkers. That aside, this film has been heaped with awards, and has won Best Animated Feature at Sitges and the Animation Grand Award at Mainichi. In recognition of their services, he heaped his ministers with titles and honours, and their wider families with patronage. He has been heaped with abuse from politicians and corporate media for politicizing the firefighters' struggle. Other bands heaped with such lofty comparisons might not be able to deliver the goods. I have been heaped with some opprobrium by opponents of the project, and the issue has created deep divisions within the town. The bicycle, despite being heaped with scorn by outraged men, was consistently trumpeted by progressive women as a tool for increased freedoms. He will be heaped with good wishes and probably play later on. The show was heaped with derision for its mangling of some of the most famous lines in the English language. Up to Christmas he seems to have been heaped with praise for his one-man campaign to keep the team in the Premiership. After a life heaped with honors, including election to the Academie Francaise, Paul Valery died in Paris on July 20, 1945. Such a patently absurd claim deserves to be heaped with ridicule. If you heap a person with so much shame that they can never see beyond that, it's not impossible they'll give up. Phrases at the top (or bottom) of the heap (of a person) at the highest (or lowest) point of a society or organization. （人）在社会（或组织）最高（底）层的 she had come up the hard way from the very bottom of the heap Example sentencesExamples Well I'm sure many of you will have an opinion about whether rationality should remain at the top of the heap. The nutrients it drags up are the basis of a colossal food chain with the big pelagic predators (marlin, shark, tuna and swordfish) at the top of the heap. The door has been slammed in the face of these families who now feel utterly rejected and at the bottom of the heap. The reality of life in uniform in 1950, according to his film, was vastly different from the edict's intentions, with blacks still considered at the bottom of the heap of postwar military service. Either way, in these days of six-stars hotels and bulging hotel prices, it's kind of nice to see that an old standby is at the top of the heap. I didn't really have any; I was at the bottom of the heap and what had happened in the past was the past. The unregulated labour market will leave them at the bottom of the heap - victims of meritocracy, not because they possess no merit but because they are denied the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. We are virtually at the bottom of the heap now in terms of health research funding per capita, and it's getting worse. Standing up and breathing was sufficient to put you at the top of the heap. The rest of the proposal simply mirrors Labour's policy of reducing taxes on those at the bottom of the heap - making the tax system more progressive, in other words. be struck all of a heap informal Be extremely disconcerted. 〈非正式〉惊慌的，极度不安的 Example sentencesExamples The King was struck all of a heap by the sight, and knew not what had befallen him. Chamberlain went to see Hitler, and afterwards wrote to his sister that he heard from Hitler himself, and it was confirmed by others who were with him, that he was struck all of a heap, and exclaimed ‘I can't possibly let a man of his age come all this way; I must go to London’. He was struck all of a heap, and never seemed to know what ailed him. He had been wounded three times and used to say every morning: ‘They'd be struck all of a heap, those Boches, if they could see me now!’ Some bright character, possibly strolling along a towpath one day, must have been struck all of a heap by the idea that has so infuriatingly escaped me in spite of the frequent strolls along towpaths that I take myself. The British spectators, who had read about these cars and only partly believed what they had read, were struck all of a heap. heap coals of fire on someone's head Go out of one's way to cause someone remorse. 〈英〉极力使某人愧悔交加 Example sentencesExamples The fact that we have been forgiven by God ought to heap coals of fire on our head, as the Scripture says. This morning Anna got very mad at one of the girls and Grandmother told her she ought to return good for evil and heap coals of fire on her head. The relatives of the other three heap coals of fire on my head by continuing to seek medical advice from me. Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head. But that is certainly not the result in this case, and the magnanimity which desires to recognise in a friendly way the adversary, and which heaps coals of fire on his head, does not help philosophy in the least; for the adversary will not keep quiet, but persists in his attacks. The good book says that if you extend kindness to your enemies it heaps coals of fire on his head. (Rom 12: 20) For in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head. The shenanigan only served to heap coals of fire on its head. For in doing this you will heap coals of fire on his head. But if we manifest benevolence towards him, we heap coals of fire on his head. in a heap 堆起来 (of a person) with the body completely limp. （人）瘫倒，全身瘫软地 he landed in a heap at the bottom of the stairs 他瘫倒在楼梯底下。 Example sentencesExamples In a freak accident, Barry went down in a heap outside his own penalty area and took no further part in the match. They play France at Twickenham, where the French usually collapse in a heap. His legs, unused to the exertion, could take no more: as they buckled Emu fell in a heap in the middle of the road. Down through a basement I fell and landed in a heap in a dank tunnel. Apparently, what you don't do is curl up in a heap, giving way to self pity. Last Saturday we got the granddaughters to bed, made supper, tidied up then collapsed in a heap on the sofa. After completing their monologues, the cast collapse in a heap on the stage. As soon as the Colonel was out of sight the troops collapsed in a heap and began swigging from their flasks. They grab hold of each other and finally collapse in a heap, out of exhaustion. I tripped on the last step in the mad dash for the ground floor and ended up in a heap on the cotton mass on the ground. Origin Old English hēap (noun), hēapian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoop and German Haufen. noun.1 phr.
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