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| 1 | pile T to put a large number of things on top of each other 把…堆积（或叠加）起来 |
| A group of boys were piling branches in a heap for their bonfire. 一群男孩子正在把树枝堆成一堆，准备燃起篝火。 |
| The paving stones were still there, neatly piled against the hedge. 铺路石还在那里，整整齐齐地靠近树篱堆放着。 |
| piled (high) with sth supermarket trolleys piled high with shopping 超市的手推车里高高地堆满了挑选好的商品 |
| | 1a | to put a large amount of something somewhere 把（大量东西）堆放在… | | Pile the cottage cheese onto the potatoes. 把大量的农家鲜干酪放在土豆上 | | a huge plate piled high with spaghetti 堆满了通心粉的大盘子 | |
| | 1b | if a woman’ s hair is piled up , it is fastened to the top of her head rather than hanging down 将（女子头发）高高盘起 | | Her dark hair was piled high on the crown of her head. 她乌黑的头发高高地盘在头顶。 | |
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| 2 | I if things pile somewhere , they gather there in a group 聚集；聚拢 |
| Leaves blew across the park, piling against the railings. 树叶吹过公园，堆积在栏杆边。 |
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| - | ˌpile ˈin |
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| | to enter a place in large numbers, especially in a way that is not organized （尤指无组织地）蜂拥而进 | They opened the doors and all fifteen of us piled in. 他们把门打开后，我们15个人一拥而入。 | |
| - | ˌpile ˈinto |
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| | pile into sth: to get into a place or something such as a car , especially in large numbers or in a way that is not organized 拥挤进（汽车等） | Four huge men piled into the back of the car. 4个大块头的男人挤进了车后座。 | |
| - | ˌpile ˈon |
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| 1 | I to increase something by a large amount or do it a lot 大量增加；大举进行 | a team that never fails to pile on the action 总是能积极采取行动的队伍 | | pile on the pressure The UN is piling on the pressure and the two sides may both have to withdraw. 联合国正在进一步施加压力，双方可能都不得不撤退。 | |
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| 2 | I/T pile on sth: if someone piles on weight or it piles on , their weight increases suddenly and by a large amount （重量）突然猛增 | I always pile on the pounds over Christmas. 圣诞期间，我的体重总是会猛增好几磅。 | |
| | - | pile on the agony BRITISH
| | | | 1 | to make a bad situation much worse for someone 雪上加霜 | | | | 2 | to enjoy making a situation seem much worse than it is 大肆渲染坏的情况；过分夸大糟糕的情形 | | | | | | | | | |
| - | ˌpile ˈout |
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| | to leave a place in large numbers, especially in a way that is not organized 蜂拥而出 | People began piling out of the house. 人们从房子里蜂拥而出。 | |
| - | ˌpile ˈup |
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| 1 | T pile21 | Newspapers and magazines were piled up on the floor. 报纸和杂志在地板上堆成了堆。 | |
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| 2 | I/T if something piles up or someone piles it up , the amount of it increases a lot （使）数量大增 | All the time the bills were piling up. 账单一直有增无减。 | | These policies could be piling up financial trouble for future governments. 这些政策可能会给将来的政府造成大量的财政问题。 | |
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