一、详细释义：


n.

堆；摞；大量 [C]


例句：

I had to sift through a pile of papers looking for the missing article.

我只得在一大堆的报纸中去翻找那篇丢失的文章。


例句：

There is a pile of bicycle outside the station.

车站台票前堆放着许多自行车。


桩 [C]


例句：

This is tongued and grooved sheet pile.

这是企口板桩。


例句：

These are the settlements of wooden houses, set on piles along the shore.

这些是建在沿岸桩柱上的木制房屋居住区。


建筑物 [C]


例句：

Then you can find some stately pile in the country.

然后你就能看到乡下某座恢宏气派的建筑。


绒头 [U]


例句：

Needle punched fabrics can be made, however, that resemble loop - pile, velour and velveteen structures.

但是针刺非织造布的表面可以仿效毛圈绒头、绒织物及平绒的结构特点。


例句：

Look at the carpet's thick pile.

看看这地毯的厚绒。


v.

堆积；积累；堆起；堆叠 [I,T]


例句：

Tables were piled high with local produce.

桌上高高堆放着当地的农产品。


例句：

There are trucks piled with luggage everywhere.

到处都是塞满成堆行李的卡车。


放置；装入 [T]


例句：

He was piling clothes into the suitcase.

他在把衣服一件件叠放进手提箱中。


例句：

A few newspapers and magazines were piled on a table.

几份报纸和杂志放置在桌上。


蜂拥；拥挤 [I]


例句：

Cars often pile up here in the rush hours.

在交通拥挤时刻汽车往往在这里挤成一团。


例句：

They all piled into Jerrold's car.

他们一窝蜂地挤进杰罗尔德的车里。


二、词义辨析：


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。


三、相关短语：


atomic pile

n.[核]原子炉,原子堆


pile driver

n.打桩机


pile up

v.堆积,积累,搁浅,撞毁


galvanic pile

电堆


sheet pile

板桩


voltaic pile

伏打电堆


四、参考例句：


We'll pile him up there.

我们要叫他在那儿搁浅。


The driver told us to pile in.

司机叫我们挤进去。


There is a pile of bicycle outside the station.

车站台票前堆放着许多自行车。


Then you can find some stately pile in the country.

然后你就能看到乡下某座恢宏气派的建筑。


I did a pile of laundry this morning.

早上我洗了一堆衣服。


They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves.

他们在一堆树叶下面发现了那具尸体。


He confronted his pile of work with determination.

他很坚定地正视这一大堆工作。


A pile of books avalanched out of the shelf.

一堆书从书架上雪崩似的掉下来。


I stepped in a large pile of strawberries.

我踩在了一大堆草莓上。


I have a huge pile of letters to deal with.

我有一大堆信件要处理。