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| 1 | C a number of things put on top of each other 一叠 |
| She sorted her clothes into tidy piles. 她把她的衣服整理成一叠一叠的，放得整整齐齐。 |
| +of a pile of books and papers 一叠书报 |
| | 1a | a lot of things that have been put or have fallen together in an untidy way （不整齐的）一堆 | | The rubbish lay in piles on the street. 街上垃圾成堆。 | | +of The old house had been knocked down, and there was nothing left but piles of stones. 老房子已经被推倒了，所剩下的只有一堆堆的石头。 | |
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| 2 | often plural informal a large amount of something 大量 |
| I’ d got through piles of work before lunchtime. 午饭时间前我翻阅了大量的文件。 |
| | 2a | singular a large amount of money 大笔钱财 | | He made a pile from his investments. 他从投资中获得了一大笔钱。 | |
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| 3 | singular/U the surface of a carpet or cloth , formed by the ends of fibres that have been cut （地毯或布料的）绒头，绒面 |
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| 4 | C a large strong post that is driven into the ground to support a building or other structure 地桩 |
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| 5 | C informal a very large old house or other building 高大的古建筑物（或大厦） |
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| 6 | piles plural informal haemorrhoids |
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| - | the bottom/top of the pile
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| the last or first in status , income or advantages |
| （地位、收入、优势上）最差/最佳 |
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| Welfare cuts have reduced the income of those at the bottom of the pile. 福利削减使那些处于底层的人收入减少了。 |
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| - | a pile of pants BRITISH very informal
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| something that is bad , useless , or unpleasant |
| 破烂货 |
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