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。
大量；许多；一大笔钱；桩；桩柱；绒面；绒毛；细软毛；绒毛
A mass of things placed on top of each other or thrown together; a heap or stack.
一堆东西堆在一起；堆。
A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
The head of an arrow or spear.
Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)
一堆重叠的物体
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
层层堆叠形成的块状物。
A mass formed in layers.
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.
The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.
大量或程度(常与‘of’连用)
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
火葬堆；柴堆。
A funeral pile; a pyre.
One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.
一大笔钱(尤其指工资或利润)
a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
大型建筑物或建筑群。
A large building, or mass of buildings.
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.
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.
A beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground, usually as one of a group that constitutes a foundation.
An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.
A list or league
There is a pile of dirty laundry in the corner of the room.
房间角落里有一堆脏衣服。
用法提示：名词pile表示一堆（衣物）
She sorted the papers into neat piles on her desk.
她把文件整理成几堆整齐地放在桌子上。
用法提示：名词pile的复数形式piles表示多个堆
After the meeting, I had a pile of work to finish.
会议结束后，我有一大堆工作要完成。
用法提示：名词pile表示大量（工作任务）
表示一堆东西，常用。
There is a pile of books on the desk.
桌子上有一堆书。
表示以堆的形式。
The leaves were gathered in piles.
树叶被聚集成一堆堆。
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。
grammar · medium
易错句子I have pile of homework.
正确表达I have a pile of homework.
pile作为可数名词，前面需要加冠词a；去掉冠词会导致语法错误。
grammar · medium
易错句子A pile of books are on the table.
正确表达A pile of books is on the table.
主语是a pile（单数），谓语动词应该用单数is，而不是复数are。
针对 pile 作名词‘堆、叠放的一堆’的义项：pile 强调物体集中堆叠，scattering 强调分散零落，二者在数量和集聚程度上都相反；指‘大量金钱’时不用此反义词。
一堆
There was a pile of dirty laundry on the floor.
地板上有一堆脏衣服。
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。
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。
整齐的一堆
She arranged the books into a neat pile.
她把书整理成一堆整齐的。
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。
高耸的一堆
A towering pile of bricks stood at the construction site.
建筑工地上有一堆高耸的砖头。
猛烈抨击；大量增加
After his mistake, everyone piled on with criticism.
他犯错后，每个人都猛烈地批评他。
堆积；积累
If you don't do the dishes, they will pile up quickly.
如果你不洗碗，它们很快就会堆积起来。
赚大钱
She made a pile investing in tech stocks.
她通过投资科技股赚了一大笔钱。
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