首页英语词典pilepile的意思

pile

英 [paɪl] 美[paɪl]

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近义词mound batch

n. 堆；大量；建筑群
vt. 累积；打桩于
vi. 挤；堆积；积累
n. (Pile)人名；(西)皮莱；(英)派尔

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词态变化

复数: piles;第三人称单数: piles;过去式: piled;过去分词: piled;现在分词: piling;

助记提示

排哦----一排一排地堆在一起。

中文词源

pile 堆，摞

来自拉丁语pila,柱子，桥墩，词源同pole,pillar.引申词义堆，摞。

pile 绒毛，毛发

来自拉丁语pilus,头发，毛发，来自PIE*pil,拔，一绺毛发，词源同caterpillar,depilatory.

pile 桩，楔子

来自古英语pil,木桩，箭，来自拉丁语pilum,标枪，长矛，来自PIE*peis,捣，杵，词源同 pestle,piston.

英英释意

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 large sum of money (especially as pay or profit);: "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house"

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)

5. battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta

6. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

7. the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave;: "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"

8. a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

英文词源

pile: pile: English has three words pile. The commonest, ‘heap’ [15], originally meant ‘pillar’. It comes ultimately from Latin pīla ‘pillar’, source also of English pilaster, pillar, etc. This evolved in meaning to ‘pier or harbour wall made of stones’, and inspired a derived verb pīlāre ‘heap up’ (source of English compile [14]).

The sense ‘heap’ came to the fore in Old French pile, and passed into English. Pile ‘post driven into the ground’ [OE] was borrowed into Old English from Latin pīlum ‘javelin’. It was originally used for a ‘throwing spear’, ‘arrow’, or ‘spike’, and its present-day use did not emerge (via ‘pointed stake or post’) until the Middle English period. Pile ‘nap on cloth, carpets, etc’ [15] probably comes via Anglo-Norman pyle from Latin pilus ‘hair’ (which may be distantly related to English pillage and pluck, and lies behind English depilatory [17]).
=> compile, pilaster, pillar; depilatory
pile (n.1): "mass, heap," early 15c., originally "pillar, pier of a bridge," from Middle French pile and directly from Latin pila "stone barrier, pillar, pier" (see pillar). Sense development in Latin from "pier, harbor wall of stones," to "something heaped up." In English, sense of "heap of things" is attested from mid-15c. (the verb in this sense is recorded from mid-14c.). The meaning "large building" (late 14c.) is probably the same word.
pile (n.2): "heavy pointed beam," from Old English pil "stake," also "arrow," from Latin pilum heavy javelin of the Roman foot soldier, literally "pestle" (source of Old Norse pila, Old High German pfil, German Pfeil "arrow"), of uncertain origin.
pile (n.3): "soft, raised surface upon cloth," mid-14c., "downy plumage," from Anglo-French pyle or Middle Dutch pijl, both from Latin pilus "a hair" (source of Italian pelo, Old French pel). Phonological evidence rules out transmission of the English word via Old French cognate peil, poil. Meaning "nap upon cloth" is from 1560s.
pile (v.): "to heap up," mid-14c.; see pile (n.1). Related: Piled; piling. Figurative verbal expression pile on "attack vigorously, attack en masse," is from 1894, American English.

同义词辨析

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。

考试真题

At the same time, expenses in college pile up surprisingly quickly.

Her household bills piled up, along with the dishes and dirty laundry, but it took near-constant complaints from her four daughters before she realized she had a problem.

Piling on higher taxes won't help, "If higher taxes make it more expensive to raise children," says Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute, "people will think twice about having another child.

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.

But after I moved to Tokyo and lived there for a number of years, I got used to having a pile of to-do lists.

During months without water under a harsh sun, they wither, shrink and contract until they look like a pile of dead gray leaves.

At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend.

At one point, huge piles of snow blocked his way.

If we thought Dad's pile of chicken manure was bad, this was 10 times worse.

It was a woman, pushing an old shopping trolley which was piled with bags.

Most of us, when we talk about volcanoes, think of the classic cone shapes of a Fuji or Kilimanjaro, which are created when erupting magma piles up.

Pahlsson and her husband now think the ring probably got swept into a pile of kitchen rubbish and was spread over the garden, where it remained until the carrot's leafy top accidentally sprouted through it.

Peter have rung six times, representing the passing of winter, the pile is lit.

The parade ends with the boogg being placed on a 40-foot pile of firewood.

Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers.

Then he piled branches on top of himself, like a blanket, to stay as warm as he could.

Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can that had been left out on the footpath.

The best lawyers made skyscrapers-full of money, tempting ever more students to pile into law schools.

For one trial, each participant was shown a pile of pens that the researcher claimed were from a previous experiment.

词组搭配

pile up

To accumulate.

积累，积聚

&I{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

make a (或 one's) pile

(informal)make a lot of money

(非正式)赚钱，发财

pile arms

place a number of rifles (usually four) with their butts on the ground and the muzzles together

架枪

pile it on

(informal)exaggerate the seriousness of a situation or of someone's behaviour to increase guilt or distress

(非正式)夸大，夸张

pile on the agony

(in formal)exaggerate or aggravate a bad situation

(非正式)过分渲染（困境）

实用场景例句

a pile of books/clothes/bricks: 一摞书籍 / 衣物 / 砖块

He arranged the documents in neat piles.: 他把文件一摞摞地码得整整齐齐。

She looked in horror at the mounting pile of letters on her desk.: 她惶恐地望着桌子上堆积如山的信函。

a pile of sand: 一堆沙

piles of dirty washing: 成堆待洗的脏衣物

I have got piles of work to do.: 我有大量工作要做。

He walked out leaving a pile of debts behind him.: 他出走了，留下累累债务。

a deep-pile carpet: 一块厚绒地毯

She piled the boxes one on top of the other .: 她把盒子一个个地摞起来。

The clothes were piled high on the chair.: 衣服在椅子上堆得高高的。

Snow was piled up against the door.: 积雪封门。

The sofa was piled high with cushions.: 沙发上高高地堆着一些垫子。

She piled everything into her suitcase.: 她把一应物品装进衣箱。

He piled as much food as he could onto his plate.: 他把食物猛往自己盘子里堆。

He piled his plate with as much food as he could.: 他把食物猛往自己盘子里堆。

...a pile of sand...: 一堆沙子

...a little pile of crumbs...: 一小堆面包屑

...a pile of boxes...: 一叠盒子

We sat in Sam's study, among the piles of books...: 我们坐在萨姆的书房里，身边是一堆一堆的书。

He was piling clothes into the suitcase...: 他在把衣服一件件叠放进手提箱中。

A few newspapers and magazines were piled on a table.: 几份报纸和杂志堆在桌上。

Tables were piled high with local produce.: 桌上高高堆放着当地的农产品。

...trucks piled with luggage.: 塞满成堆行李的卡车

I've got a pile of questions afterwards for you.: 我有一大堆的问题等着过后问你。

...a whole pile of disasters.: 灾难迭至

They all piled into Jerrold's car...: 他们一窝蜂地挤进杰罗尔德的车里。

A fleet of police cars suddenly arrived. Dozens of officers piled out.: 突然开来一队警车，数十个警察一拥而出。

...some stately pile in the country.: 乡下某座恢宏气派的建筑

...settlements of wooden houses, set on piles along the shore.: 建在沿岸桩柱上的木制房屋居住区

...the carpet's thick pile.: 地毯的厚绒