pile

1. N-COUNT A pile of things is a mass of them that is high in the middle and has sloping sides. 堆

...a pile of sand. …一堆沙子。

...a little pile of crumbs. …一小堆面包屑。

2. N-COUNT A pile of things is a quantity of things that have been put neatly somewhere so that each thing is on top of the one below. 疊

...a pile of boxes. …一疊盒子。

We sat in Sam's study, among the piles of books. 我們坐在薩姆的書房里，在一疊疊的書中間。

3. V-T If you pile things somewhere, you put them there so that they form a pile. 堆放

He was piling clothes into the suitcase. 他正把衣服疊放到手提箱中去。

4. V-T If something is piled with things, it is covered or filled with piles of things. 堆滿[usu passive]

Tables were piled high with local produce. 桌子上高高地堆滿了土特產。

5. V-I If a group of people pile into or out of a vehicle, they all get into it or out of it in a disorganized way. 涌入/出

They all piled into Jerry's car. 他們都擠進了杰里的車里。

6. N-COUNT Piles are wooden, concrete, or metal posts that are pushed into the ground and on which buildings or bridges are built. Piles are often used in very wet areas so that the buildings do not flood. 地樁

...settlements of wooden houses, set on piles along the shore. …沿岸而建的吊腳木屋居民區(qū)。

7. V to drive (piles) into the ground 將(地樁)打進地里

8. N-PLURAL Piles is an informal word meaning haemorrhoids. 痔瘡

9. N-SING The pile of a carpet or of a fabric such as velvet is its soft surface. It consists of a lot of little threads standing on end. 絨面

...the carpet's thick pile. …地毯厚厚的絨面。

10. PHRASE Someone who is at the bottom of the pile is low down in society or low down in an organization. Someone who is at the top of the pile is high up in society or high up in an organization. 處于...的下層或上層[非正式]

These workers are fed up with being at the bottom of the pile when it comes to pay. 這些工人受夠了收入水平處于底層的苦惱。