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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。
堆；垛
piles — plural of pile
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堆；垛
A mass of things placed on top of each other or thrown together; a heap or stack.
There is a pile of books on the desk.
桌子上有一堆书。
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
There is a pile of dirty laundry in the corner of the room.
房间角落里有一堆脏衣服。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
I have pile of homework.
Use this
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。
Not this
A pile of books are on the table.
Use this
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。
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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。
Use piles naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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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。
中性语域，常用于描述物品的堆叠。
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'。
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