drive pilings into sth
表示把桩打入某处时，pilings 一般用复数。
Workers drove steel pilings into the riverbed.
工人们把钢桩打入河床。
桩；桩材
堆积；堆起；堆炼；由木材、钢材或其他建筑材料构成的结构支撑。；堆积的行为。；通过堆积、加热和加工木柴或堆料来形成条状物的过程。
A structural support made of a long piece of wood, steel, or other material.
由木材、钢材或其他建筑材料构成的结构支撑。
A structural support comprising a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.
堆积的行为。
The act of heaping up.
通过堆积、加热和加工木柴或堆料来形成条状物的过程。
The process of building up, heating, and working fagots or piles to form bars, etc.
The pier was built on strong wooden pilings that have lasted for decades.
这座码头建在坚固的木桩上，这些木桩已经使用了数十年。
用法提示：piling为可数名词，意为'桩'，此处用复数形式pilings表示多根桩，作介词on的宾语。
Crews are driving concrete pilings into the soft ground to support the highway bridge.
施工队正在把混凝土桩打入松软的地面，以支撑公路桥。
用法提示：此句中piling作名词，指'桩'，concrete pilings为名词短语，作动词drive的宾语。
The engineers checked the pilings before allowing the building to continue.
工程师们在允许大楼继续施工前检查了这些桩。
用法提示：piling为名词，此处用定冠词the限定，指特定的桩基，作宾语。
表示把桩打入某处时，pilings 一般用复数。
Workers drove steel pilings into the riverbed.
工人们把钢桩打入河床。
说明建筑物靠桩承重时，常用这一被动结构。
The pier is supported by concrete pilings.
这座码头由混凝土桩支撑。
指单根桩时 piling 是可数名词，前面要加冠词或数词。
One piling had rotted through and needed replacing.
有一根桩已经烂穿，需要更换。
表示“堆积”这一行为时不可数，常与 of 连用，说明被堆放的物品。
The piling of sandbags along the wall took all night.
沿墙堆放沙袋用了一整夜。
grammar · medium
易错句子The workers drove piling into the riverbed to support the bridge.
正确表达The workers drove pilings into the riverbed to support the bridge.
表示“一根桩/多根桩”时，piling 是可数名词；这里指多根桩，必须用复数 pilings，不能像不可数材料一样说 drive piling。
grammar · medium
易错句子There is a piling of books on the desk.
正确表达There is a pile of books on the desk.
表示“一堆物品”时英语用 pile，不用 piling；piling 作名词指“堆积（的动作）”或“桩”，不能充当 a ... of 的量词。
两者都能指支撑结构，但 piling 是打入地下的桩，多为木、钢或混凝土制，构成基础；pillar 是立在地面或结构上的柱状支撑，多为石或混凝土，也可喻指中坚人物。piling 作名词时读音与拼写接近 pillar，容易混用。
piling 指单独一根被打入河床或地下的桩；pier 指由若干桩或柱组成的整体桥墩，或伸入水中的突堤码头。说到桥梁水中支撑时，pier 是整体构件，piling 是其下的单根桩。
piling 表示“堆积”这一动作时多指把东西一层层码高，且作名词更常指桩材或打桩；日常英语表达“堆起来”这一动作通常用动词 heap 或 pile up，heap 还可作名词指杂乱的一堆。
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