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TOEFL BNC: 3229 COCA: 3003

pile

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Related topics: Material & textiles, Civil
ldoce_260_epile1 /paɪl/ ●●● S2 noun  
1  pile.jpg arrangement of things 物品的归置 [countableC] a group of several things of the same type that are put on top of each other 堆； 叠；摞 SYN stack
pile of
 His mother came in carrying a pile of ironing in her arms.
他母亲手里抱着一叠熨好的衣物进来了。
 Flora shuffled through a pile of magazines.
弗洛拉胡乱地翻看一摞杂志。
put something in/into a pile
 She tidied up the books and put them in neat piles.
她把书本整理好，并一摞摞地码放整齐。
 He balanced the plate on the top of a pile of books.
他把盘子在一摞书上放稳。
→5  See picture of a heap of clothes 一堆衣服, a stack of magazines 一叠杂志, a wad of notes BrE【英】/bills AmE【美】一沓钞票 ... →4  See picture of 见图 BUNDLE 1
2  large amount 大量 [countableC] a large amount of something arranged in a shape that looks like a small hill 一大堆
pile of
 piles of melting snow
一堆堆正在融化的雪
 All that remained of the old house was a pile of rubble.
那所老房子只剩下一堆瓦砾。
 Sophie stooped to throw another branch on the pile.
索菲弯腰往柴火堆上又扔了一根树枝。
 He began to sweep the pieces of glass into a pile.
他动手把碎玻璃片扫成一堆。
3  a pile of something  (also piles of something) informalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT a lot of something 一大堆某物，大量某物
 We’ve had piles of letters from viewers.
我们收到了大量的观众来信。
 another pile of directives from the EU
又一堆来自欧盟的指示
Examples from the Corpus
a pile of something• We went through piles and piles of songs deciding which were best for my voice.• His savoirfaire had vanished and he was prodding desperately at a pile of coal black spheres.• Fifi continues to pack from a pile of clothes she has emptied out of her drawers on to the floor.• But he knew what he was looking at, though to the untrained eye it was just a pile of minuscule fragments.• It was hot, and the hills were brown and dry, laid out like a pile of kindling.• Inside the truck I could see what looked like a thousand frozen turkeys stacked up like a pile of stones.• She found one little girl of about four under a pile of masonry.• I was intrigued by this and so he went to the store room and eventually returned with a pile of prints.
4  the bottom of the pile British EnglishBrEUNIMPORTANT the weakest or least important position in a society or organization 处于社会 [组织]的底层
 I soon discovered I was at the bottom of the pile in the office hierarchy.
我很快发现自己在办公室里处于最底层。
 She always puts her own needs to the bottom of the pile.
她总是最后考虑自己的需求。
Examples from the Corpus
the bottom of the pile• The new black immigrants at the bottom of the pile were hardly mentioned.• At the bottom of the pile, in reverse order of its importance, was the letter from the bishop.• He was thrilled to find the cream-colored envelope near the bottom of the pile of greeting cards.• Music for wasted afternoons that's nowhere near the bottom of the pile this week.• He toyed with the envelope for a couple of seconds, then thrust it back to the bottom of the pile.• If you are wrong, return the card to the bottom of the pile.
5  the top of the pile British EnglishBrE the best or highest position in a society or organization 处于社会[组织]的顶层
 It’s been 20 years since a British tennis player was at the top of the pile.
英国的网球运动员已经有20年没有位居榜首了。
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the top of the pile• I shall begin this evening at the top of the pile and plunge straight through to the bottom.• Koontz continues to challenge Stephen King at the top of the pile.• A new professionalism has gripped Maranello and falling from the top of the pile is not an option.• He turned the paper over and put it back on the top of the pile.• She drew it out and placed it on the top of the pile.• Returning to the top of the pile, she began to read the Sunday Times story.
6  house 房屋 [countableC] a very large old house 高大的旧建筑
 They’ve just bought an 18th-century pile in Surrey.
他们刚刚在萨里郡买了一座建于18世纪的大宅。
7  material 材料 [countableC, uncountableU]TIM the soft surface of short threads on a carpet or some types of cloth 〔地毯或某些布料上的〕绒面
thick/deep pile
 Her feet sank into the thick pile of the rug.
她的双脚陷进厚厚的绒毯里。
 a deep pile carpet
厚绒地毯
→ nap1(2)
8. post 柱,桩 [countableC]TBCTEC technical a heavy wooden, stone, or metal post, used to support something heavy 柱，桩
9  make a/your pile informalRICH to make a lot of money 赚很多钱，发财
 He had made his pile in the wholesale business.
他做批发生意赚了大钱。
Examples from the Corpus
make a/your pile• Then gently place the children into the helter-skelter, and make a pile of mats at the bottom.• He did not make his pile opening bazaars you feel sure.
10. piles [plural] painfully swollen blood vessels near a person’s anus 痔（疮）
n THESAURUS
pile a group of things of the same type that are put on top of each other
a huge pile of cardboard boxes
stack a neat pile of things of the same type
There were stacks of books on the floor.
heap a large messy pile of things
All his clothes were in a heap on the floor.
mound a pile of something with a round shape
a small mound of rice on the plate
mountain a very large pile of something with a round shape
a mountain of dirty laundry waiting to be washed
Examples from the Corpus
pile• Soon, all that is left is a pile of bones.• a pile of dirty dishes• Her office is a terrible mess - there are piles of papers all over the floor.• Clare was having too much fun playing in the leaf pile to come inside.• The books were arranged in neat piles on her desk.• Put those letters on the other pile.• And judging by the prodigious pile of diatribes posted in the last year, a lot of folks are taking advantage.• a thick red pile carpet• Helen noticed a red rug, piles of books on the floor, white eyelet cafe curtains on the windows.• Greg carried the pile of ironed shirts upstairs.• He found himself in enormous buildings, with a labyrinth of rooms, and he was lost in the pile.• The folded laundry was separated into three piles.• I loved to pick through trash piles and collect empty bottles, tin cans with Pretty labels, and discarded magazines.• Can you separate those out into two piles - A to L and M to Z, please?• Eventually it carried out a more temporary repair, costing £500 000, which entailed replacing 30 of the 113 wooden piles.
pile of• Piles of cans and bottles littered the ground.• a pile of books
sweep ... into ... pile• We watched the gardeners sweeping them into piles and the children swept up the leaves too.
thick/deep pile• The situation is improved by adding velvet curtains, acoustic tiles and a thick pile carpet.• Collected under her hands they made a thick pile.• A deep pile in your living room!• A deep pile Raking ashes into a pile would then be automatically reinforced.• He lay back on his thick pile of cushions and chuckled.• On this occasion the officials thrown from the window managed to survive, since they landed in deep piles of castle refuse.• Her feet sank into the thick pile of the carpet.• She saw feet sinking into the thick pile of the new rugs whose abstract patterns evoked the work of contemporary artists.
pile2 ●○○ verb [transitiveT]  
1  [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PUT to fill a place or container or cover a surface with a large amount of things 堆放；摞起
pile something into/onto etc something
 He piled bread and milk into his basket.
他把面包和牛奶往篮子里堆。
 Melissa piled spaghetti onto her plate.
梅利莎一个劲地往盘子里堆意大利面。
be piled with something
 a chair piled with velvet cushions
堆满了天鹅绒靠垫的椅子
 The room was piled high with boxes (=filled with a lot of boxes).
房间里高高地堆着一些箱子。
2  (also pile up)PUT to arrange things in a pile 把…堆积[堆叠]起来
 PHRASAL VERBS
Examples from the Corpus
pile• He walked in and saw her sitting on the floor, piling books into a carton.• Mattie piled her plate with food.• He piled his dirty laundry up just outside my door.• Dirty dishes were left piled in the sink.• The girls who pile into the exhibition centre are usually accompanied by a flock of female relatives.• His armour was piled not three yards away, arrayed ready to be donned at short notice.• He scooped out a hollow and lying down piled the leaves over him like a thick coverlet.• Has anyone else noticed that towels dry faster when you don't pile them in the middle of the floor?• Gifts were piled under the Christmas tree.• Storm clouds piling up against Black Hills to east.• Recently it has started to pile up quite quickly.• He piled up snow and covered the remains.• We called the police when we noticed her newspapers and mail were piling up.• This I corrected in a grocery store, piled with butter and big cheeses and shelves of pickles and bread.
be piled with something• The shelf and the floor were piled with books, boxes and folders stuffed with papers.• The tray was piled with flour.• All the combination platters are piled with food.• The upper floor, reached by a vertical ladder, was piled with hay.• The top was piled with pulp magazines and such.• The sky is piled with sunlit June cumulus.• The floors are piled with traffic signs, plastic bollards, broken Scalextric track, toy trucks and tractors.• Her bed, bedside table, and the floor under her bed were piled with yellow pads and books.
Origin pile1
1. (1400-1500) French Latin pila; → PILLAR
2. (1500-1600) Latin pilus “hair”
3. Old English pil, from Latin pilum “javelin”
4. (1400-1500) Latin pila “ball”
pile1 noun →n THESAURUS1pile2 verb →PHRASAL VERBS1
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TOEFL BNC: 3229 COCA: 3003
pile

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + PILE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤big, enormous, great, huge, large, massive大堆；一大摞；高高的一摞；巨大的一堆▸➤little, small小小的一堆▸➤neat, tidy (especially BrE) 整齊的一摞▸➤untidy (especially BrE) 凌亂的一堆VERB + PILE➤place sth in/into/on, put sth in/into/on把某物放進一摞⋯裏；把某物放進一摞⋯上◇I put the letter in the envelope and placed it on the pile.我把信放進信封，然後放在一摞信上面。◇I've put the books into three separate piles.我把書分成 3 堆。➤dump倒下一堆◇He dumped a pile of dirty clothes onto the floor.他把一堆髒衣服倒在地板上。➤add sth to把某物加到一堆⋯裏◇Just add that application to the pile.就把那份申請加到那一摞裏。➤flick through, flip through, look through, shuffle through, sort through草草翻閱一堆；快速查看一摞；胡亂翻動一叠；在一堆中翻檢◇I sorted through the pile of documents until I found it.我翻閱那堆文件，直到找到那一份。PREPOSITION➤amid a/the pile在一堆⋯中◇The money lay amid a pile of unopened letters.錢在一堆尚未打開的信中。➤behind a/the pile在一堆⋯後面◇He was busy behind a pile of papers on his desk.他在桌子上高高堆起的文件後面忙碌着。➤beneath a/the pile, under a/the pile在一堆⋯下面◇I pulled my diary from beneath a pile of files.我從一堆卷宗下面抽出日記本。➤in a/the pile成一堆◇The clothes were in a pile on the floor.衣服堆放在地板上。➤on a/the pile在一堆⋯上面◇She closed the magazine and threw it back on the pile.她合上雜誌扔回到那堆東西上。➤pile of一堆⋯◇a pile of books一摞書◇I had piles of work to do.我有一大堆的工作要做。PHRASES➤be reduced to a pile of sth化為一堆⋯◇The house was reduced to a pile of rubble.房子化為一堆瓦礫。➤the bottom of the pile, the top of the pile（處於）無足輕重的／舉足輕重的地位◇I grabbed a shirt from the top of the pile.我從一摞衣服的最上面抓起一件襯衣。◇At the bottom of the pile were the prostitutes and drug dealers. (figurative) 在這一堆人的底層是妓女和毒品販子。➤sort sth into piles把⋯分堆◇I sorted the clothes into two piles.我把衣服分成兩堆。
pile

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤neatly整齊地堆放➤haphazardly胡亂堆放▸➤up堆起來◇We piled the boxes up neatly.我們把盒子整整齊齊地摞起來。PREPOSITION➤against貼着⋯堆放◇We piled sandbags against the door.我們把沙袋貼着門堆放。➤on, onto堆放到⋯上◇She piled food onto our plates.她在我們的盤子裏放了很多食物。➤on top of在⋯上方堆放◇They piled stones on top of the mound.他們把石頭堆放在土墩上頭。➤with堆滿⋯◇a table piled high with magazines雜誌堆積如山的桌子PHRASES➤piled high高高摞起
TOEFL BNC: 3229 COCA: 3003
pile verb
⇨ surgepile

noun

pile ♦︎ heap ♦︎ stack ♦︎ mass ♦︎ moundThese are all words for an amount of a substance or a number of things that form a shape. 这些词均表示一摞、一堆。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a pile / heap / stack / mass / mound of sth◆in / into a pile / heap / stack / mound◆a great / huge / large pile / heap / stack / mass / mound◆a little / neat pile / heap / stack / mound◆a small pile / heap / mass / mound◆to make a pile / heap / mound◆to put sth on a pile / heap◆a pile / heap / stack of books / magazines / newspapers◆a pile / heap / mass / mound of rubble◆a pile / heap / mass of snow◆a pile / heap / mound of earth / rubbish◆a pile / stack / mass / mound of papers■ pile [countable] a number of things that have been placed on top of each other; an amount of sth in a shape that is high in the middle and wider at the bottom than at the top 摞；沓；堆◆He arranged the documents into neat piles.他把文件一摞摞地码得整整齐齐。◆The body was hidden under a pile of leaves.尸体藏在一堆叶子下。◆He was spreading a small pile of manure around the strawberry plants.他正把一小堆肥料撒到草莓植株旁。▸ pile

verb

 [transitive] ◆She piled the boxes one on top of the other.她把盒子一个个地摞起来。◆Snow was piled up against the door.雪堆顶住了门。■ heap [countable] an untidy pile of sth （凌乱的）一堆◆Her clothes were lying in a crumpled heap.她的衣服皱皱巴巴地堆在一块儿。◆The building was reduced to a heap of rubble.大楼变成了一堆瓦砾。◆Worn-out car tyres were stacked in heaps.废旧汽车轮胎堆积如山。▸ heap

verb

 [transitive] ◆Rocks were heaped up on the side of the road.路边堆积着石头。◆She heaped food on my plate.她往我的盘子里夹了很多食物。■ stack [countable] a pile of things, usually one that is neatly arranged （通常指码放整齐的）一叠，一摞，一堆◆He was counting a stack of dollar bills.他正清点一叠钞票。◆She added her tray to the stack.她把自己的托盘和其他托盘摞一块。▸ stack

verb

 [transitive, intransitive] ◆They were busy stacking the shelves with goods.他们正忙着往货架上摆货。◆Do these chairs stack?这些椅子能摞起来吗？■ mass [countable] a large amount of a substance that does not have a definite shape （无固定形状的）团，块，堆◆A mass of snow and rocks was falling down the mountain.一堆积雪和石块正从山上滚下来。◆The sky was full of dark masses of clouds.天空乌云密布。■ mound [countable] a pile of sth, especially one in a shape that is high in the middle and wider at the bottom than at the top （尤指圆锥状的）一堆◆He covered the mound of rice on his plate with the sauce.他往堆在盘子里的米饭上浇了调味汁。
TOEFL BNC: 3229 COCA: 3003
pile
Piles of things: pile, mound, heap...
Large quantities or amounts: hoard, tsunami, wall...
Large amounts of money: wealth, fortune, pile...
Relating to cloth and fabric: cloth, material, fabric...
Frames and supports for structures: frame, foundation, support...
Buildings where people live or stay: adobe, apartment block, apartment building...
Specific medical conditions: acidity, acne, ADD...
To put things together or in a particular order: prepend, sort, arrange...
General words meaning to put something somewhere: put, place, position...
Hairdressers and hairdressing: backcomb, barbershop, blow-dry...
To move closer together in a group: assemble, close up, converge...

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