pile
noun/paɪl/
/paɪl/
see also pilesIdioms - [countable] a number of things that have been placed on top of each other
摞；垛；沓 - pile of something a pile of clothes/paper
一摞衣服／纸 - I found it in a pile of documents on his desk.
我是在他桌子上的一堆文件里找到的。 - in/into a pile The hats were stacked in neat piles.
帽子整齐地堆在一起。 - I've sorted the books into three separate piles.
我把这些书分成了三堆。
Extra Examples- He arranged the documents in neat piles.
他把文件整齐地堆放起来。 - He was busy behind a pile of papers on his desk.
他在桌子上高高堆起的文件后面忙碌着。 - I grabbed a shirt from the top of the pile.
我从一摞衣服的最上面抓起一件衬衣。 - I leafed through the pile of documents until I found the one I wanted.
我快速翻阅那堆文件，直到找到想要的那份。 - I pulled my diary from beneath a pile of files.
我从一堆卷宗下面抽出日记本。 - I put the letter in the envelope and placed it on the pile.
我把信放进信封，然后放在一摞信上面。 - I sorted the clothes into two piles.
我把衣服分成两堆。 - Just add that application to the pile.
就把那份申请加到那一摞里。 - She closed the magazine and threw it back on the pile.
她合上杂志扔回到那堆东西上。 - The clothes were in a pile on the floor.
衣服堆放在地板上。 - The money lay amid a pile of unopened letters.
钱在一堆尚未打开的信中。 - She was sorting the books into piles.
她正在把书分类成堆。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- enormous
- great
- …
- place something in/into/on
- put something in/into/on
- dump
- …
- amid a/the pile
- behind a/the pile
- beneath a/the pile
- …
- be reduced to a pile of something
- the bottom of the pile
- the top of the pile
- …
- pile of something a pile of clothes/paper
- [countable] a mass of something that is high in the middle and wider at the bottom than at the top
堆；成堆的东西 - pile of something piles of dirty washing
成堆待洗的脏衣物 - The house was reduced to a pile of rubble.
房子化为一堆瓦砾。 - He threw the remaining stones onto the pile.
他把剩下的石头扔到堆上。
Extra Examples- He was spreading a small pile of manure around the strawberry plants.
他正把一小堆肥料撒到草莓植株旁。 - The body was hidden under a pile of leaves.
尸体藏在一堆叶子下。 - There was a pile of dirty on the floor.
地板上有一堆脏东西。 - He dumped a pile of dirty clothes onto the floor.
他把一堆脏衣服倒在地板上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- enormous
- great
- …
- place something in/into/on
- put something in/into/on
- dump
- …
- amid a/the pile
- behind a/the pile
- beneath a/the pile
- …
- be reduced to a pile of something
- the bottom of the pile
- the top of the pile
- …
- pile of something piles of dirty washing
- [countable, usually plural] pile of something (informal) a lot of something
大量；许多 - He made a pile of cash on the sale of his house.
他卖掉房子，大赚了一笔。 - He walked out leaving a pile of debt behind him.
他出走了，留下累累债务。 - I have got piles of work to do.
我有大量工作要做。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- enormous
- great
- …
- place something in/into/on
- put something in/into/on
- dump
- …
- amid a/the pile
- behind a/the pile
- beneath a/the pile
- …
- be reduced to a pile of something
- the bottom of the pile
- the top of the pile
- …
- He made a pile of cash on the sale of his house.
- [uncountable, singular] the short threads, pieces of wool, etc. that form the soft surface of carpets and some types of cloth such as velvet
绒头；绒毛 - a deep-pile carpet
一块厚绒地毯 - Corduroy is the poor man’s velvet; its pile is made of cotton rather than silk or satin.
灯芯绒是穷人的天鹅绒；它的绒头是由棉制成的，而不是丝绸或缎子。
- a deep-pile carpet
- [countable] a large wooden, metal or stone post that is fixed into the ground and used to support a building, bridge, etc.
桩；桩柱 - [countable] (formal or humorous) a large impressive building
宏伟建筑物 - a Victorian pile built as a private hospital
一座维多利亚时代的建筑堆，建为私人医院 - her family's ancestral pile
她家的祖宗堆
- a Victorian pile built as a private hospital
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 3, noun sense 6 late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pila ‘pillar, pier’. noun sense 5 Old English pīl ‘dart, arrow’, also ‘pointed stake’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pijl and German Pfeil, from Latin pilum ‘(heavy) javelin’. noun sense 4 Middle English (in the sense ‘downy feather’): from Latin pilus ‘hair’. The current sense dates from the mid 16th cent.
Idioms
(at the) bottom/top of the pile
- in the least/most important position in a group of people or things
处于无足轻重的／举足轻重的地位 - It’s been 20 years since a British player was top of the pile.
20 年前，英国球员已经不再是顶尖球员了。 - The government is doing little to help those at the bottom of the social pile.
政府几乎没有采取任何措施来帮助那些处于社会底层的人。
- It’s been 20 years since a British player was top of the pile.
make a/your pile
- (informal) to make a lot of money
赚很多钱 - The family made its pile from oil.
这个家庭以石油为生。 - I bet they made an absolute pile out of the deal.
我敢打赌他们绝对从这笔交易中赚了一大笔钱。
- The family made its pile from oil.