单词 | pileup |
释义 | pileup From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpileupˈpileup, pile-up noun [countable]ACCIDENTa traffic accident involving many vehicles a motorway pile-up► see thesaurus at accidentExamples from the Corpuspileup• a multiple pile-up involving a minibus and five cars• Or it could be just an old fashioned pile-up.• Several people were injured in a 12-vehicle pile-up on the M25 near Wisley, Surrey.• Slick roads caused a six-car pile-up along Highway 30.• The pile-up happened in thick fog and caused a seven-mile tailback on the motorway.• But the sensational pile-up re-emphasised that any horse could win the National and revitalised public interest.• In another accident two people were taken to hospital after a three-car pile-up on the A350, near Chippenham, in Wilts.• Later a 30-vehicle pile-up shut the M62 near Humberside.• No wonder there were pile-ups on the autobahn. |
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