pile

accumulate, amass, collect, gather, heap, pile

名词 pile:

1. a collection of objects laid on top of each other
   同义词：heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
   同义词：batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
3. a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
   同义词：bundle, big bucks, megabucks, big money
4. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
   同义词：down
5. battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
   同义词：voltaic pile, galvanic pile
6. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
   同义词：spile, piling, stilt
7. the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
   同义词：nap
8. a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
   同义词：atomic pile, atomic reactor, chain reactor

动词 pile:

1. arrange in stacks
   同义词：stack, heap
2. press tightly together or cram
   同义词：throng, mob, pack, jam
3. place or lay as if in a pile

1. It's probably not as bad as she says she does tend to pile it on.
   大概不像她说的那麽糟－－她确实有意夸大事实。
2. The situation is frightful, but it's just piling on the agony to keep discussing it.
   情况很可怕，可是还一个劲儿地议论让人觉得更可怕。
3. The little boy is piling up his building blocks.
   小男孩正在搭积木。
4. The cart is piled high with fruit and vegetables.
   马车上堆满了水果和蔬菜。
5. We put the books in piles on the floor.
   我们把书在地板上堆起来。

pile

n.（名词）
A quantity of objects stacked or thrown together in a heap.See Synonyms at heap
一堆，一叠：按堆排放或扔在一起的一些东西参见 heap
Informal A large accumulation or quantity:
【非正式用语】 大量，一大堆：大量的堆积物或数量：
例句：
a pile of trouble.
一大堆麻烦

Slang A large sum of money; a fortune:
【俚语】 大量钱财，财产：一大笔数目的钱，财产：
例句：
made their pile in the commodities market.
他们在商品市场挣了大钱

A funeral pyre.
火葬的柴堆
A very large building or complex of buildings.See Synonyms at building
大厦，建筑群：非常大的综合建筑物或建筑群参见 building
A nuclear reactor.
核反应炉
A voltaic pile.
电堆
v.（动词）
piled,pil.ing,piles
v.tr.（及物动词）

To place or lay in or as if in a pile or heap:
堆起，叠起：按堆或好象按堆放或摆：
例句：
piled books onto the table.
在桌上堆书

To load (something) with a heap or pile:
堆于…上：按堆或团放在（某物上）：
例句：
piled the table with books.
把书堆在桌上

To heap (something) in abundance:
大量堆积（某物）：
例句：
piled potato salad onto the plate.
在碟中乘一堆马铃薯沙拉

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To form a heap or pile.
堆成堆，堆积
To move in, out, or forward in a disorderly mass or group:
拥，挤：以无序的群或组向里、向外或向上移动：
例句：
pile into a bus; pile out of a car.
拥到公共汽车上；挤出汽车

<常用词组>pile up
To accumulate.
积累，积聚
Informal To undergo a serious vehicular collision.
【非正式用语】 撞车：经历一次严重交通工具相撞
来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin pola [pillar]
源自 拉丁语 pola [柱子]

pile
pile 2

n.（名词）
A heavy beam of timber, concrete, or steel, driven into the earth as a foundation or support for a structure.
桩：木头、水泥或钢的重梁，固定在地上作为某一结构的基础或支撑
Heraldry A wedge-shaped charge pointing downward.
【纹章学】 楔形普通图记：一种头朝下的楔形图章
A Roman javelin.
罗马标枪
v.tr.（及物动词）
piled,pil.ing,piles
To drive piles into.
把桩打入…
To support with piles.
用桩支撑

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English pol [shaft, stake]
源自 古英语 pol [箭杆，标桩]
from Latin polum [spear, pestle]
源自 拉丁语 polum [矛，杵]

pile
pile 3

n.（名词）

Cut or uncut loops of yarn forming the surface of certain fabrics, such as velvet, plush, and carpeting.
绒毛，绒头：剪开或未剪开的纱线环，组成某些织物、如天鹅绒、长毛绒和地毯织料的表面
The surface so formed.
绒面：因此形成的表面
Soft, fine hair, fur, or wool.
软毛，细毛茸毛：软而细的毛发、毛皮或羊毛

来源：
From Middle English piles [hair, plumage]
源自 中古英语 piles [毛发，羽毛]
probably from Middle Dutch pijl [fine hair]
可能源自 中古荷兰语 pijl [细毛发]
Middle Low German pile [downy plumage]
中古低地德语 pile [绒毛般的羽毛]
both from Latin pilus [hair]
都源自 拉丁语 pilus [毛发]

【引伸】
piled
adj.（形容词）