一、详细释义:


n.

堆;堆积;累积 [C]


例句:

The boy booted the banana skin to the garbage heap.

男孩把香蕉皮踢到垃圾堆旁。


例句:

There was a heap of garbage piled next to the road.

在路旁堆有一堆垃圾。


许多,大量 [C]


例句:

The storm left a heap of destruction behind it.

风暴过后,留下了大量毁坏物。


例句:

Jim has a heap of stamps.

吉姆有许多邮票。


v.

堆,堆积,堆起 [I,T]


例句:

I'm going to heap all the leaves up over there.

我要把叶子都堆到那儿。


例句:

A little pile of equipment began to heap up on the table.

桌子上立刻堆起了一堆东西。


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:


junk heap

破旧汽车


heap up

堆起来, 积累


四、参考例句:


Jim has a heap of stamps.

吉姆有许多邮票。


The books lay in a heap on the floor.

书堆放在地板上。


From the grass heap most the hollow place starts seek.

从草堆的最凹处开始找。


The gardener began to heap up the fallen leaves.

园丁开始把落叶堆起来。


His sole object was to heap up riches.

他的唯一目的就是聚积财富。


There is a disorderly heap of clothes in his room.

他屋里有一堆乱七八糟的衣服。


Rake the leaves and heap them by the garage.

把落叶耙在一起,堆到汽车房旁边去。


The storm left a heap of destruction behind it.

风暴过后,留下了大量毁坏物。


There was a heap of garbage piled next to the road.

在路旁堆有一堆垃圾。


I'm going to heap all the leaves up over there.

我要把叶子都堆到那儿。