| 单词 | heap |
| 释义 | heap (once / 163 pages) 1nv 2n A great big pile of something is a heap. Your sloppy brother might keep all of his clothes in a heap on his bedroom floor. A heap can be a literal mound of things — a heap of money in your piggy bank, or a heap of wet towels beside the pool — or it can be a figurative pile. For example, you might worry that if you're caught eating your roommate's pizza you'll be in a heap of trouble. Heap is also a verb, as when you heap compliments on your best friend. Since 1924 heap has also meant "junky old car." WORD FAMILYheap: heaped, heaping, heaps USAGE EXAMPLESThe canoe was heaped with valuable trade goods: copper, flint, weapons, textiles, and beer. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Shelves and floor space are shrouded in heaps of soft yarn and fuzzy pompoms. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Bags of clothing are heaped on the floor, and the windows are sealed with aluminum tape for warmth. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1n a collection of objects laid on top of each other Syn|Hypo|Hyper agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, mound, pile compost heap, compost pile a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhilla heap of dung or refuse scrapheappile of discarded metal shocka pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field slagheappile of waste matter from coal mining etc stackan orderly pile funeral pyre, pyrewood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite woodpilea pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel stockpilea storage pile accumulated for future use hayrick, haystack, ricka stack of hay accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole 2n (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent Syn|Hypo|Hyper batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad deluge, flood, inundation, torrent an overwhelming number or amount haymowa mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude 3v arrange in stacks heap firewood around the fireplace Syn|Hypo|Hyper pile, stack rick pile in ricks cordstack in cords arrange, set up put into a proper or systematic order 4v fill to overflow heap the platter with potatoes Hyper fill, fill up, make full make full, also in a metaphorical sense 5v bestow in large quantities 2He heaped him with work She heaped scorn upon him Hyper give transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody n a car that is old and unreliable Syn|Hyper bus, jalopy auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine dysphemisman offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。