- a pile of objects, typically one that is neatly arranged（整齐的）一堆：
a stack of boxes.
一堆盒子。
a stack of/stacks of
informal a large quantity of something〈非正式〉大量, 许多：there's stacks of work for me now.
我现在有很多工作要做。
- a rectangular or cylindrical pile of hay or straw or of grain in sheaf（干草、稻草或谷物的）堆, 垛。
- a vertical arrangement of hi-fi or guitar amplification equipment竖着置放的高保真音响（或吉他扩音）设备。
- a number of aircraft flying in circles at different altitudes around the same point while waiting for permission to land at an airport定高分层盘旋（等待降落）的机群。
- a pyramidal group of rifles（数支步枪支起的锥形）枪架。
the stacks
units of shelving in part of a library normally closed to the public, used to store books compactly（图书馆的）藏书架, 双面书架。
- Computing a set of storage locations which store data in such a way that the most recently stored item is the first to be retrieved【计算机】（存储）栈。
- a chimney, especially one on a factory, or a vertical exhaust pipe on a vehicle（尤指工厂的）烟囱; （车辆的）立式烟道, 排气管。
- （亦作sea stack）Brit. a column of rock standing in the sea, remaining after erosion of cliffs〈英〉（浪蚀）岩柱。
- Brit. a measure for a pile of wood of 108 cu. ft (3.06 cubic metres)〈英〉垛, 堆（木材计量单位, 等于108立方英尺, 即3.06立方米）。
- arrange (a number of things) in a pile, typically a neat one把…（整齐地）叠成堆：
the books had been stacked up in neat piles
那些书已经被整整齐齐地叠成几堆
she stood up, beginning to stack the plates.
她站起来开始把盘子叠在一起。
- fill or cover (a place or surface) with piles of things, typically neat ones把东西（整齐地）堆放于：
he spent most of the time stacking shelves.
他花了大部分的时间把东西叠放在架子上。
- cause (an aircraft) to fly in circles while waiting for permission to land at an airport指令（待着陆飞机）作定高分层盘旋：
I hope we aren't stacked for hours over Kennedy.
我希望我们不要在肯尼迪机场上空作长时间的定高分层盘旋。
- shuffle or arrange (a pack of cards) dishonestly so as to gain an unfair advantage（洗牌）作弊, 作（牌）。
be stacked against/in favour of
used to refer to a situation which is such that an unfavourable or a favourable outcome is overwhelmingly likely（情况）极可能不利于（有利于）：the odds were stacked against Fiji in the World Cup
斐济在世界杯上胜算不大
conditions were heavily stacked in favour of the Americas.
情形对美洲极其有利。
- no obj.(in snowboarding) fall over（滑雪板运动用语）跌倒, 倒下。
stack arms
- 见PILE1 条pile arms.
stackable
adjectivestacker
nounstack up（或stack something up）
- form or cause to form a large quantity; build up（使）积成堆; 堆起, 叠起：
cars stack up behind every bus, while passengers queue to pay fares.
在乘客排队买车票时, 每一辆公共汽车后面的小汽车都排成了长队。
- N. Amer. informal measure up; compare〈北美, 非正式〉比得上; 相比：
our rural schools stack up well against their urban counterparts.
我们的乡村学校完全可以比得上城里的同类学校。
- usu. with negative make sense; correspond to reality有道理; 与事实相符：
to blame the debacle on the antics of a rogue trader is not credible - it doesn't stack up.
把失败归咎于无赖商人愚蠢操作是不可信的, 这与事实不符。