英 [pa?l] 美 [pa?l]
n. 樁；壹堆；絨頭；摞
vt. 堆起；堆疊；放置；裝入
vi. 蜂擁，擁擠
樁； 堆； 大量； 絨毛 復數：piles
過去式：piled 過去分詞：piled
現在分詞：piling
第三人稱單數：piles
（上窄下寬的）堆
A pile of things is a mass of them that is high in the middle and has sloping sides.
...a pile of sand...
壹堆沙子
...a little pile of crumbs...
壹小堆面包屑
The leaves had been swept into huge piles.
樹葉被掃成了壹大堆壹大堆的。
壹個壓著壹個擺放整齊的）疊，摞
A pile of things is a quantity of things that have been put neatly somewhere so that each thing is on top of the one below
a pile of boxes... 壹疊盒子
We sat in Sam's study, among the piles of books...
我們坐在薩姆的書房裏，身邊是壹堆壹堆的書。
The clothes were folded in a neat pile.
衣服疊放成整齊的壹摞。
accumulate, amass, collect, gather, heap, pile
這些動詞均含“積聚，聚集，積累”之意。
accumulate：幾乎可用於指任何事物量的增加，側重連續不斷地，壹點壹滴地聚積。
amass：著重大量地積聚，尤指對如金錢、珠寶等有價值東西的大量積聚。
collect：普通用詞，多用於指物，側重指有區別地作選擇或有安排有計劃地把零散物集中起來。
gather：普通用詞，指人或物或抽象事物都可用。側重於圍繞壹個中心的集合、聚集。
heap：主要指把沙、石、煤、草等堆高，不強調整齊。
pile：著重指比較整齊地把東西堆積在壹起。
1. Collect the books and put them in a pile on my desk.
把書收起來放在我的桌子上。
2. The writer confronted his pile of work with determination.
那作家下決心面對成堆的工作。
3. A sudden wind swept a pile of leaves in.
突然吹起壹陣風，刮進壹堆樹葉來。
4. The little kid stepped right in a pile of dog shit.
這小孩正好踩在壹堆狗屎上。
5. I've a pile of papers to get through before the meeting.
開會前我有壹大堆文件要處理。