a heap of [something]
指物理上的一堆物体。
There was a heap of dirty laundry on the floor.
地上有一堆脏衣服。
大量；许多；破旧汽车；老爷车；人群；堆（一种树形数据结构）；堆（动态分配的内存区）
a pile or mass of things thrown or piled together
人群；一大群人；众多的人。
A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
一堆重叠的物体
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
一堆；一堆东西；或堆积在一起形成隆起的一堆。
A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
大量或广泛的数量或程度
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
大量；许多事物。
A great number or large quantity of things.
一辆旧且不可靠的汽车
a car that is old and unreliable
一种树形数据结构,其中每个节点都大于其所有子节点。
A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
动态分配的内存。
Memory that is dynamically allocated.
After cleaning the garage, we had a heap of old newspapers to recycle.
清理完车库后，我们有一堆旧报纸要回收。
用法提示：heap作名词，意为“堆”，指杂乱堆积的物品。
The children built a huge heap of sand on the beach.
孩子们在海滩上堆起了巨大的沙堆。
用法提示：heap作名词，表示由沙子等材料堆积而成的堆。
She found a heap of clothes on the chair and started folding them.
她在椅子上发现一堆衣服，便开始叠起来。
用法提示：heap作名词，指随意堆放的一堆东西。
指物理上的一堆物体。
There was a heap of dirty laundry on the floor.
地上有一堆脏衣服。
比喻大量，常用于负面语境。
He found himself in a heap of trouble.
他发现自己陷入了一大堆麻烦。
非正式表达，表示大量。
We have heaps of time before the flight.
我们在航班前有大把时间。
grammar · medium
易错句子She has heap of clothes.
正确表达She has heaps of clothes.
heap是可数名词，表示‘一堆’时常用复数形式heaps of，尤其在口语中表示‘大量’。缺失复数标记或不定冠词会导致语法错误。
grammar · medium
易错句子A heap of students is waiting outside.
正确表达Heaps of students are waiting outside.
当heap of后接复数名词时，谓语动词通常用复数形式（尤其是heaps of固定搭配），而a heap of强调个体堆积，与‘大量’义不符，且主谓不一致。
作为名词，heap表示‘一堆’或‘大量’，handful表示‘一把’或‘少量’，两者在数量上构成反义，但handful更强调可数的小数量。
heap强调堆积的大量，bit强调微小的一部分或碎片，在数量意义上构成反义。
speck指极小的点或粒子，与heap的‘大量堆积’形成极端对比，适用于具体物体场景。
一堆…
There is a heap of dirty laundry in the corner.
角落里有一堆脏衣服。
堆肥堆
We throw vegetable scraps onto the compost heap.
我们把蔬菜残渣扔到堆肥堆上。
废料堆
The old car ended up on the scrap heap.
那辆旧车最终被扔进了废料堆。
垃圾堆
The house was surrounded by rubbish heaps.
房子周围都是垃圾堆。
一大堆麻烦
His gambling habit caused a heap of trouble for his family.
他的赌博习惯给家人带来了一大堆麻烦。
破旧汽车
He drives an old heap that barely runs.
他开着一辆几乎动不了的破旧汽车。
一大堆（指很多）
She had a heap of work to do before the deadline.
她在截止日期前有一大堆工作要做。
堆成一堆；瘫倒
He fell in a heap on the bed, exhausted.
他瘫倒在床上，筋疲力尽。
处于社会底层；最低地位
New employees are often at the bottom of the heap.
新员工通常地位最低。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 sea, tea)
Same pattern, same sound
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