Word · Frequency #3229
pile
堆；垛
A mass of things placed on top of each other or thrown together; a heap or stack.
- 1.
A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
一堆东西堆在一起；堆。
- 2.
The head of an arrow or spear.
- 3.
Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)
- 4.
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
一堆重叠的物体
- 5.
A mass formed in layers.
层层堆叠形成的块状物。
- 6.
A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
- 7.
The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.
- 8.
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
大量或程度(常与‘of’连用)
- 9.
A funeral pile; a pyre.
火葬堆；柴堆。
- 10.
One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.
- 11.
a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
一大笔钱(尤其指工资或利润)
- 12.
A large building, or mass of buildings.
大型建筑物或建筑群。
- 13.
A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot.
- 14.
A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.
- 15.
A beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground, usually as one of a group that constitutes a foundation.
- 16.
An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.
- 17.
A list or league
大量；许多；一大笔钱；桩；桩柱；绒面；绒毛；细软毛；绒毛
In use
There is a pile of dirty laundry in the corner of the room.
She sorted the papers into neat piles on her desk.
After the meeting, I had a pile of work to finish.
a pile of [noun]
表示一堆东西，常用。
There is a pile of books on the desk.
桌子上有一堆书。
in piles
表示以堆的形式。
The leaves were gathered in piles.
树叶被聚集成一堆堆。
piles of [noun]
复数形式表示大量，非正式。
I have piles of homework to do.
我有一大堆作业要做。
Connections
Collocations
- a pile of
- 一堆
- There was a pile of dirty laundry on the floor.地板上有一堆脏衣服。
- a large pile of
- 一大堆
- He found a large pile of old newspapers in the garage.他在车库里发现了一大堆旧报纸。
- pile upon pile
- 一堆又一堆
- The documents were stacked pile upon pile on the desk.文件一堆又一堆地堆在书桌上。
- neat pile
- 整齐的一堆
- She arranged the books into a neat pile.她把书整理成一堆整齐的。
- messy pile
- 凌乱的一堆
- The toys were left in a messy pile on the carpet.玩具被凌乱地堆在地毯上。
- towering pile
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一堆扑克牌堆在桌上，pile 音近“牌”，牌堆(pái duī)就是 a pile of cards。
Context & Register
中性语域，常用于描述物品的堆叠。
Grammar Note
pile 作名词为可数名词；作动词可及物或不及物，常与 up 连用表示'堆积'。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These all end with 'ile' and rhyme exactly with 'pile' (/paɪl/).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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