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pile MASSpaIln, v(to arrange objects, usually of the same type, into) a mass which is high in the middle or which is made from the objects put on top of each other一堆a pile of sand/stones [C]一堆沙子/石头The bookshelves were full and there were piles of books all over the floor. [C]书架都满了，地上是一堆堆的书。I'm just working my way through a great pile of ironing. [C]我在烫一大堆衣服。Wild dogs scavenge through rotting piles of rubbish. [C]野狗在腐烂的垃圾堆里搜寻。A fierce explosion turned the building into a pile of rubble and twisted steel. [C]一次猛烈的爆炸把建筑物变为一堆橡胶和扭曲的钢材。Her clothes lay on the floor in untidy piles. [C]她的衣服在地板上堆得乱七八糟。(infml) I've got piles/a pile (= a lot) of things to do today. [C]我今天有一大堆事情要做。(infml) A pile can also be a large amount of money.大量钱财He made a pile selling computers and retired by the time he was forty. [U]他卖电脑赚了很大一笔钱，40岁的时候就退休了。They piled more and more logs on/onto the fire. [T always + adv/prep]他们在火上堆了更多的木头。Please pile your textbooks neatly on the table as you leave. [T always + adv/prep]离开的时候请把课本整齐地叠放在桌子上。Snow was blowing across the fields and piling up against walls. [I always + adv/prep]雪吹过田野，挨着墙堆了起来。Her plate was piled (high) with salad. [T always + adv/prep]她的盘子里盛满了色拉。My work is really piling up (= There is an increasing amount of it to do). [I]我的工作越积越多。(esp. Br) Pile it high (and) sell it cheap is said about products which are made in large numbers and sold cheaply.薄利多销The lower end of the clothing market still survives by piling it high and selling cheap.纺织市场的下层仍靠薄利多销存活。(infml) When someone piles it on they say too much, esp. giving too much emphasis.夸张You're really piling it on with the compliments tonight, Gareth, are you all right?你今天晚上的确恭维得过分了，加里什，你没事吧?(Br infml) If someone piles on the agony they make their problems seem much worse than they really are.过分渲染He was piling on the agony about his work situation -- he clearly wanted a bit of sympathy.他过分渲染他工作环境的恶劣----他显然是想博得些同情。A pile-up is a traffic accident involving several vehicles which hit each other very hard.多车相撞This is the third serious pile-up at the interchange this month.这是本月在交叉道上发生的第三起严重的多车相撞事件。
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