heap

• n. 堆；许多；累积
• vt. 堆；堆积
• vi. 堆起来
• n. (Heap)人名；(芬)海亚普；(东南亚国家华语)协；(英)希普

可能来自古英语heah,高的，词源同high.由高引申词义堆积，大块。

1. a collection of objects laid on top of each other

2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

"a batch of letters"

"a deal of trouble"

"a lot of money"

"he made a mint on the stock market"

"it must have cost plenty"

3. a car that is old and unreliable;

"the fenders had fallen off that old bus"

heap

heap: [OE] Heap is an ancient word, with still the odd non-Germanic relative surviving. Its immediate West Germanic ancestor was *khaupaz, which also produced Dutch hoop (the hope of English forlorn hope), and forms such as German haufen ‘heap’ and Lithuanian kaupas ‘heap’, while not in exactly the same line of descent, point to a common Indo-European source.

heap (n.)

Old English heap "pile (of things); great number, crowd, multitude (of persons)," from West Germanic *haupaz (cognates: Old Saxon hop, Old Frisian hap, Middle Low German hupe, Dutch hoop, German Haufe "heap"), of uncertain origin. The group is perhaps related to Old English heah "high" (see high), but OED suggests a common origin with Latin cubare "lie down." Slang meaning "old car" is attested from 1924. Earlier it meant "slovenly woman" (1806). As a characteristic word in American Indian English speech, "a lot, a great deal," by 1832.

One grain of sand does not make a heap. A second grain of sand added to the first does not make a heap. Indeed each and every grain of sand, when added to the others, does not make a heap which was not a heap before. Therefore, all the grains of sand in existence can still not a heap make. [the fallacy of the heap]

heap (v.)

Old English heapian "collect, heap up, bring together;" from heap (n.). Related: Heaped; heaping. Compare Old High German houfon, German haufen "to heap," also a verb from a noun.

accumulate, amass, collect, gather, heap, pile

这些动词均含"积聚，聚集，积累"之意。

accumulate：几乎可用于指任何事物量的增加，侧重连续不断地，一点一滴地聚积。

amass：着重大量地积聚，尤指对如金钱、珠宝等有价值东西的大量积聚。

collect：普通用词，多用于指物，侧重指有区别地作选择或有安排有计划地把零散物集中起来。

gather：普通用词，指人或物或抽象事物都可用。侧重于围绕一个中心的集合、聚集。

heap：主要指把沙、石、煤、草等堆高，不强调整齐。

pile：着重指比较整齐地把东西堆积在一起。

The moon is also home to lunar orbiters that mapped the moon before they crashed into its surface, adding to the garbage heap.

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

To increase the volume and the speed with which we move natural resources through the consumer economy to the junk pile or the waste heap.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

He heaped his team with praise.

他高度赞扬了他的队。

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He heaped praise on his team.

他高度赞扬了他的队。

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She heaped my plate with food.

她往我的盘子里夹了很多食物。

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She heaped food on my plate.

她往我的盘子里夹了很多食物。

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Rocks were heaped up on the side of the road.

路边堆积着石头。

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He looks heaps better than when I last saw him.

他看上去比我上回见他时好多了。

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Help yourself─there's heaps more.

请随便取用——还多着呢。

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These workers are at the bottom of the economic heap.

这些工人处在经济结构的底层。

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I've got heaps to tell you.

我要告诉你很多很多事。

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There's heaps of time before the plane leaves.

离飞机起飞还有很多时间。

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Worn-out car tyres were stacked in heaps .

汽车废轮胎散乱地堆放着。

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His clothes lay in a heap on the floor.

他的衣服堆在地板上。

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a compost heap

一堆堆肥

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The building was reduced to a heap of rubble.

大楼变成了一片残垣断壁。

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The young footballer collapsed in a heap after a heavy tackle.

年青的足球队员完成激烈的阻截后瘫倒在地动弹不得。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Ordinary workers in state industry, once favoured, suddenly found themselves at the bottom of the heap.

曾经养尊处优的国企普通工人，突然发现自己已跌至社会底层。

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...those at the top of the social heap...

那些身处社会高层的人们

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...a job that might suit someone with heaps of experience...

可能适合经验丰富的人的工作

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You have heaps of time...

你有的是时间。

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The head of the navy heaped scorn on both the methods and motives of the conspirators.

海军首长对密谋分子的手法和动机都表示出极大的轻蔑。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Mrs. Madrigal heaped more carrots onto Michael's plate.

马德里加尔夫人将更多的胡萝卜堆到了迈克尔的盘子里。

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...a compost heap...

一堆堆肥

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...a heap of bricks...

一堆砖

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Can you tell how many jin of apples there are in this heap?

你估一估这堆苹果有几斤.

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Displays error information in the IDE title bar if errors are found in the heap.

在堆中发现错误后,在IDE的标题栏上显示错误信息.

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