Definition of pile-up in English:

pile-up

noun ˈpʌɪlʌp

1A crash involving several vehicles.
a three-car pile-up on the A350
Example sentencesExamples
- A single accident, involving a three-car pile-up that left 85 people injured, occurred on Tuen Mun Road in January 2003.
- I imagined buses crashing, ferries sinking, autobahn pile-ups, the start of round three of hostilities with Germany, trapping her in that country until she was an old woman.
- However, on this highway, there had apparently been a three-car pile-up and traffic was practically stopped.
- If there's an accident, accelerometers can alert the network to the crash, before it turns into a multiple vehicle pile-up.
- This followed two accidents on Friday, in which two people died in a three-car pile-up in Dumfries and Galloway and an elderly man was killed in a collision in Midlothian.
- Two people were killed in a three-car pile-up on the B6451, between Harrogate and Otley.
- At each signal, there is a traffic pile-up and vehicles move at a snail's pace.
- This is Midway's conversion of their popular arcade racer and, like all Midway racing games, it is full of spectacular crashes, pile-ups and short cuts which help trim down lap times.
- On the same road, eight miles away, a 55-year-old man was killed in a three-car pile-up a few minutes later.
- The smash follows Thursday's chaos on the M40 in Oxfordshire when two people died in a 100-vehicle pile-up - the biggest multiple accident on the road for 10 years.
- The M6 in Cheshire was forced to close on Saturday after a 42-vehicle pile-up.
- A driver being chased by police drove a stolen truck the wrong way up the M62 and crashed into another car, resulting in a seven vehicle pile-up yesterday.
- When this type of work is being done the Police Traffic Branch should be notified and a contingency plan put in place to deal with the pile-up of vehicles.
- A failed test of Mercedes' new radar braking system that resulted in a three-car pile-up last week has been exposed as a sham for the benefit of television that went horribly wrong.
- Meanwhile, five people who died in a motorway pile-up when a transporter carrying armoured vehicles apparently jack-knifed across both carriageways were formally identified by police today.
- Police have said they are treating a 60-vehicle pile-up on the A1 as a criminal investigation due to the ‘serious driving offences’ committed.
- Three Good Samaritans who stopped to help at a crash scene were among six people killed in an horrific pile-up on the A1 near Boroughbridge.
- The busy M1 motorway was closed for nearly six hours yesterday after a pile-up involving 11 vehicles.
- The car had stopped in front of a three-car pile-up.
- Among the crashes was a large pile-up on the M62 near Goole, in which eight people were hurt - four of them seriously.
Synonyms
crash, multiple crash, car crash, collision, multiple collision, smash, car smash, accident, car accident, road accident, traffic accident
bump
British RTA (road traffic accident)
North American wreck
informal smash-up
British informal shunt, prang
2An accumulation of a specified thing.
a massive pile-up of data
Example sentencesExamples
- There were massive pileups of luggage at its facility in Philadelphia.
- An enormous inventory pileup contributed to $3.4 billion in special charges this spring, making the company's worst-ever quarterly loss inevitable.
- If you get an ashtray for yourself (ashing in glasses can become annoying and gross) or as a gift, opt for one with a revolving center, to avoid an ash pileup - eau de cigarette is no way to freshen up a room.
- This means they may face a fixture pile-up towards the end of the campaign, especially if a heavy winter brings further call-offs.
- Christmas seems as good a time as ever when several of the new signings would be expecting a little break - and not a fixture pile-up.
- Because of the boom in 2000, the semiconductor manufacturers and suppliers anticipated high demand in 2001, which resulted in an inventory pileup.
- The Easter fixture pile-up imposed on Wenger's team would have weakened anyone.
- Sense is inevitably degenerating into nonsense, like a pileup of random mutations in an endangered species gasping its last breaths.
- Brown added: ‘We are in a promising position but we have got a horrendous pile-up of fixtures which could work for, or against, us.’
- With their pileup of evidence, the encyclopedism gives the illusion (and it is an illusion really) that all elements of a given society and culture have been covered.
- What's more, the prose - a comma-studded pileup of naïvely poetic sentence fragments - is so elaborately loose that it must be counterfeit.
- The ‘rest’ players get will either be spent playing lucrative friendlies abroad, or will be ruined by some other fixture pile-up caused later in the season.
- We have a few games in hand on most clubs and we are getting a bit of a fixture pile-up.
- Since last fall, the pileup in business inventories, both in Old Economy companies and the high-tech sector, have been a huge drag on the economy.
- Caught at the bottom of this massive pile-up is usually the little guy - the farmer or worker in the affected industry.
- On his brief rendition of ‘My Buddy,’ the guitarist wrangles with his instrument to create dense pileups, the impossibly fast runs leading into a similarly complex reading of ‘Gone With the Wind.’
- That musky pileup of alabaster limousines and poorly cut tuxedos and spangled evening bags fat with Ecstasy, all of it the blazing hot sunset of a long, hard childhood!
- Wanderers' promotion push is now threatened by a fixture pile-up as the FA Cup fourth round tie with Mansfield was called off three times last week.
- The low-temperature order-annealing treatment also acts as a stress-relieving treatment, which raises yield strength by reducing stress concentrations in the lattice at the focuses of dislocation pileups.
- With two abandonments and a postponement in the past ten days, Park Avenue have fallen behind in their fixtures and face an end of season pile-up to catch up.
Synonyms
accumulation, logjam, pile, heap, mountain, excess

单词	pile-up
释义	Definition of pile-up in English: pile-up noun ˈpʌɪlʌp 1A crash involving several vehicles. a three-car pile-up on the A350 Example sentencesExamples A single accident, involving a three-car pile-up that left 85 people injured, occurred on Tuen Mun Road in January 2003. I imagined buses crashing, ferries sinking, autobahn pile-ups, the start of round three of hostilities with Germany, trapping her in that country until she was an old woman. However, on this highway, there had apparently been a three-car pile-up and traffic was practically stopped. If there's an accident, accelerometers can alert the network to the crash, before it turns into a multiple vehicle pile-up. This followed two accidents on Friday, in which two people died in a three-car pile-up in Dumfries and Galloway and an elderly man was killed in a collision in Midlothian. Two people were killed in a three-car pile-up on the B6451, between Harrogate and Otley. At each signal, there is a traffic pile-up and vehicles move at a snail's pace. This is Midway's conversion of their popular arcade racer and, like all Midway racing games, it is full of spectacular crashes, pile-ups and short cuts which help trim down lap times. On the same road, eight miles away, a 55-year-old man was killed in a three-car pile-up a few minutes later. The smash follows Thursday's chaos on the M40 in Oxfordshire when two people died in a 100-vehicle pile-up - the biggest multiple accident on the road for 10 years. The M6 in Cheshire was forced to close on Saturday after a 42-vehicle pile-up. A driver being chased by police drove a stolen truck the wrong way up the M62 and crashed into another car, resulting in a seven vehicle pile-up yesterday. When this type of work is being done the Police Traffic Branch should be notified and a contingency plan put in place to deal with the pile-up of vehicles. A failed test of Mercedes' new radar braking system that resulted in a three-car pile-up last week has been exposed as a sham for the benefit of television that went horribly wrong. Meanwhile, five people who died in a motorway pile-up when a transporter carrying armoured vehicles apparently jack-knifed across both carriageways were formally identified by police today. Police have said they are treating a 60-vehicle pile-up on the A1 as a criminal investigation due to the ‘serious driving offences’ committed. Three Good Samaritans who stopped to help at a crash scene were among six people killed in an horrific pile-up on the A1 near Boroughbridge. The busy M1 motorway was closed for nearly six hours yesterday after a pile-up involving 11 vehicles. The car had stopped in front of a three-car pile-up. Among the crashes was a large pile-up on the M62 near Goole, in which eight people were hurt - four of them seriously. Synonyms crash, multiple crash, car crash, collision, multiple collision, smash, car smash, accident, car accident, road accident, traffic accident bump British RTA (road traffic accident) North American wreck informal smash-up British informal shunt, prang 2An accumulation of a specified thing. a massive pile-up of data Example sentencesExamples There were massive pileups of luggage at its facility in Philadelphia. An enormous inventory pileup contributed to $3.4 billion in special charges this spring, making the company's worst-ever quarterly loss inevitable. If you get an ashtray for yourself (ashing in glasses can become annoying and gross) or as a gift, opt for one with a revolving center, to avoid an ash pileup - eau de cigarette is no way to freshen up a room. This means they may face a fixture pile-up towards the end of the campaign, especially if a heavy winter brings further call-offs. Christmas seems as good a time as ever when several of the new signings would be expecting a little break - and not a fixture pile-up. Because of the boom in 2000, the semiconductor manufacturers and suppliers anticipated high demand in 2001, which resulted in an inventory pileup. The Easter fixture pile-up imposed on Wenger's team would have weakened anyone. Sense is inevitably degenerating into nonsense, like a pileup of random mutations in an endangered species gasping its last breaths. Brown added: ‘We are in a promising position but we have got a horrendous pile-up of fixtures which could work for, or against, us.’ With their pileup of evidence, the encyclopedism gives the illusion (and it is an illusion really) that all elements of a given society and culture have been covered. What's more, the prose - a comma-studded pileup of naïvely poetic sentence fragments - is so elaborately loose that it must be counterfeit. The ‘rest’ players get will either be spent playing lucrative friendlies abroad, or will be ruined by some other fixture pile-up caused later in the season. We have a few games in hand on most clubs and we are getting a bit of a fixture pile-up. Since last fall, the pileup in business inventories, both in Old Economy companies and the high-tech sector, have been a huge drag on the economy. Caught at the bottom of this massive pile-up is usually the little guy - the farmer or worker in the affected industry. On his brief rendition of ‘My Buddy,’ the guitarist wrangles with his instrument to create dense pileups, the impossibly fast runs leading into a similarly complex reading of ‘Gone With the Wind.’ That musky pileup of alabaster limousines and poorly cut tuxedos and spangled evening bags fat with Ecstasy, all of it the blazing hot sunset of a long, hard childhood! Wanderers' promotion push is now threatened by a fixture pile-up as the FA Cup fourth round tie with Mansfield was called off three times last week. The low-temperature order-annealing treatment also acts as a stress-relieving treatment, which raises yield strength by reducing stress concentrations in the lattice at the focuses of dislocation pileups. With two abandonments and a postponement in the past ten days, Park Avenue have fallen behind in their fixtures and face an end of season pile-up to catch up. Synonyms accumulation, logjam, pile, heap, mountain, excess
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