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- a stack of hay, corn, straw, or similar, especially one formerly built into a regular shape and thatched(尤指先前被垛成规则形状由茅草覆盖的)干草堆; 禾堆; 稻草垛。
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- N. Amer. a pile of firewood somewhat smaller than a cord〈北美〉(小于一考得的)柴垛。
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- N. Amer. a set of shelving for storing barrels〈北美〉桶架。
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- form into a rick or ricks; stack把…堆成垛; 堆叠:
the nine cords of good spruce wood ricked up in the back yard.
整齐堆放在后院的九考得优质云杉木。
词源
Old English hrēac, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rook.