| 释义 |
🔑 pileBrE /paɪl/NAmE /paɪl/ noun ➡ see also piles 🔑 [C] a number of things that have been placed on top of each other 摞；垛；沓◆a pile of books/clothes/bricks 一摞书/衣物/砖块◆He arranged the documents in neat piles. 他把文件一摞摞地码得整整齐齐。◆She looked in horror at the mounting pile of letters on her desk. 她惶恐地望着桌子上堆积如山的信函。🔑 [C] a mass of sth that is high in the middle and wider at the bottom than at the top 堆；成堆的东西 SYN heap ◆a pile of sand 一堆沙◆piles of dirty washing 成堆待洗的脏衣物🔑 [C, usually pl.] ~ of sth(informal) a lot of sth 大量；许多◆I have got piles of work to do. 我有大量工作要做。◆He walked out leaving a pile of debts behind him. 他出走了，留下累累债务。 [U, sing.] 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 [C] a large wooden, metal or stone post that is fixed into the ground and used to support a building, bridge, etc. 桩；桩柱 [C] (formal or humorous) a large impressive building 宏伟建筑物 ●(at the) bottom/top of the ˈpilein 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●make a/your ˈpile(informal) to make a lot of money 赚很多钱 🔑 pileBrE /paɪl/NAmE /paɪl/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they pile BrE /paɪl/ NAmE /paɪl/present simple - he / she / it piles BrE /paɪlz/ NAmE /paɪlz/past simple piled BrE /paɪld/ NAmE /paɪld/past participle piled BrE /paɪld/ NAmE /paɪld/ -ing form piling BrE /ˈpaɪlɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈpaɪlɪŋ/🔑 [T] to put things one on top of another; to form a pile 堆放；摞起；叠放◆~ sthShe piled the boxes one on top of the other. 她把盒子一个个地摞起来。◆The clothes were piled high on the chair. 衣服在椅子上堆得高高的。◆~ sth upSnow was piled up against the door. 积雪封门。🔑 [T] to put sth on/into sth; to load sth with sth 放置；装入◆~ A with BThe sofa was piled high with cushions. 沙发上高高地堆着一些垫子。◆He piled his plate with as much food as he could. 他把食物猛往自己盘子里堆。◆~ B on(to) AHe piled as much food as he could onto his plate. 他把食物猛往自己盘子里堆。◆~ B in(to) AShe piled everything into her suitcase. 她把一应物品装进衣箱。 ➡ see also stockpile verb [I] + adv./prep. (informal) (of a number of people 许多人) to go somewhere quickly without order or control 蜂拥；拥挤◆The coach finally arrived and we all piled on. 长途汽车终于开来了，我们一拥而上。●pile on the ˈagony/ˈgloom(informal, especially BrE) to make an unpleasant situation worse 使雪上加霜；伤口上撒盐◆Bosses piled on the agony with threats of more job losses. 老板威胁要削减更多的职位，令情况更加恶化。 ●ˌpile ˈon(especially of a person's weight 尤指体重) to increase quickly 剧增；猛增◆The weight just piled on while I was abroad. 我出国期间体重一个劲地增加。●ˌpile sth↔ˈonto make sth increase rapidly 使迅速增加；猛增◆The team piled on the points in the first half of the game. 球队在上半场连连得分。◆I've been piling on the pounds (= I have put on weight) recently. 我最近体重猛增。to express a feeling in a much stronger way than is necessary 夸张；夸大其词◆Don't pile on the drama! 别再添油加醋了！◆Things aren't really that bad—she does tend to pile it on. 事情并没有那么糟糕，她的确有意夸张。to give sb more or too much of sth 过度施加；猛增某物◆The German team piled on the pressure in the last 15 minutes. 在最后 15 分钟，德国队施加了强大的压力。●ˌpile sth ˈon(to) sbto give sb a lot of sth to do, carry, etc. 给…增加工作；使负担加重◆He felt his boss was piling too much work on him. 他觉得上司派给他的工作太多。●ˌpile ˈup 🔑to become larger in quantity or amount 堆积；积压 SYN accumulate ◆Work always piles up at the end of the year. 年底总是积压一大堆工作。 |