| 释义 |
pig-pile, v. U.S. colloq.
Brit. |ˈpɪgpʌɪl|, U.S. |ˈpɪgˌpaɪl|
[‹ pig n.1 + pile v.2 Compare later pig pile n., and also dog-pile v.]
1. trans. Of a person: to cause (a number of people) to lie on top of one another to form a pig pile. Of a number of people: to jump on top of (a person) to form a pig pile. Also used hyperbolically in Town Planning. Cf. pig pile n.
1873Ballou's Monthly Mag. June 595/2 She made the worst speller lie down on the floor, the next worst on top of him, and so pig-piled the whole class, dressing off the upper one with a shingle. 1969Voyageurs National Park (Hearing before U.S. House Comm. on Interior) 70 We feel that this is..an area that can give enjoyment to thousands of people without pig-piling them and without causing major ecological disturbances. 1970Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 14 May a24/1 After knocking him down, they ‘pig-piled’ him. 1999R. Murphy Empire & Victory 18 That's why they kicked him out of Cub Scouts in fourth grade—he was chicken and the whole pack pig-piled him and tore his shirt.
2. intr. Of a number of people: to jump on top of another to form a pig pile. Also (and recorded earliest) in hyperbolical use in Town Planning.
1957Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 11 Dec. 32/7 We're pig-piling in hot spots. If the entire population were to be given an acre of ground..they wouldn't occupy the state of Texas. 1989Seattle Times (Nexis) 23 June 8 They pig-piled at the very end, and we threw ice cubes on them. 2004Boston Globe (Nexis) 18 Mar. 10 Rockland players pig-piled on the court to celebrate their win.
Derivatives. pig-piling n.
1945F. L. Wright When Democracy Builds (ed. 2) i. 3 The citizen condemns himself to unnatural *pig-piling—aspiring to a sterile verticality. He is upended and suspended by his own excess. 1962Bennington (Vermont) Banner 24 Oct. 6/2 (heading) Pig piling... We warned [American football] coaches..that strict penalties would be assessed for excessive roughness especially piling on. 2000Seattle Weekly (Nexis) 29 June 31 A broken arm from on-stage pig-piling. |