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单词 pile
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pile1 /pīl/

noun
  1. A set of things fitted or resting one over another, or in a more or less regular figure
  2. A heap of combustibles for cremating a dead body, or for the burnt-offering, or for burning to death
  3. A set of weights fitting one within another
  4. A stack of arms
  5. A heap of shot
  6. A set of wrought-iron bars placed together for welding and rolling into one
  7. A series of alternate plates of two metals for generating an electric current
  8. A set of coins placed vertically one upon another
  9. A great amount of money, a fortune (slang)
  10. A large amount or supply (informal)
  11. A tall building
  12. A nuclear reactor, orig the graphite blocks forming the moderator for the reactor (obsolete)
  13. The under iron for striking coins (obsolete)
  14. The reverse of a coin (obsolete)
transitive verb
  1. To lay in a pile or heap
  2. To collect in a mass
  3. To heap up or load in a heap or heaps
  4. To accumulate
  5. To weld and roll (several iron bars) into one
intransitive verb
  1. To come into piles
  2. To accumulate
  3. To go in crowds
  4. To get in or out (with in or out; informal)
ORIGIN: Fr, from L pīla a pillar

pīˈler noun

pileˈ-cap noun

  1. The top of a nuclear reactor
  2. See also under pile2

pileˈ-up noun

A large-scale collision, esp of motor vehicles

pile arms

To prop three muskets, orig with fixed bayonets, so that the butts remain firm, the muzzles close together pointing obliquely (also stack arms)

pile into

To collide with

pile it on (informal)

To overdo or exaggerate something

pile on (or up) the agony (informal)

  1. To affect or exaggerate distress, pain, etc, eg in order to win sympathy
  2. To add cruelly to another's pain, grief, etc

pile up

  1. To accumulate
  2. To form a disorderly mass or heap
  3. To become involved in a pile-up
  4. To run ashore

pile2 /pīl/

noun
  1. A large stake or cylinder driven into the earth to support foundations
  2. An arrowhead
  3. A Roman javelin
  4. An inverted pyramidal figure (heraldry)
transitive verb
  1. To drive piles into
  2. To support with or build on piles
ORIGIN: OE pīl, from L pīlum a javelin

piˈling noun

pileˈ-cap noun (civil eng)

  1. A reinforced concrete block cast around a set of piles to create a unified support
  2. See also under pile1

pileˈ-driver noun

  1. A machine for driving in piles
  2. (in games) a very heavy stroke, kick, etc

pileˈ-driving noun and adjective

pileˈ-dwelling noun

A dwelling built on piles, esp a lake dwelling

pile shoe noun

The iron or steel point fitted to the foot of a pile to give it strength to pierce the earth and so assist driving

pileˈwork noun

Work or foundations made of piles

pileˈ-worm noun

A ship-worm

pile3 /pīl/

noun
  1. The raised or fluffy surface of a fabric, carpet, etc
  2. (as distinguished from nap) the raised surface of a fabric made not in finishing but in weaving, either by leaving loops (which may be cut) or by weaving two cloths face to face and cutting them apart
  3. A covering of hair, esp soft, fine, or short hair
  4. Down
  5. Human body-hair
  6. A single hair
ORIGIN: L pilus a hair

pīˈleous adjective (rare)

Relating to or consisting of hair

pīlifˈerous adjective

  1. Bearing hairs
  2. Ending in a hair-like point

pīlˈiform adjective

Hair-like

pile4 /pīl/

noun

(usu in pl) a haemorrhoid

ORIGIN: L pila a ball

pileˈwort noun

The lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria), once thought a remedy for piles

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