piles
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.
一摞盒子。
We sat in Sam's study, among the piles of books.
我们坐在萨姆的书房里,周围是一摞摞的书。
Piles are wooden, concrete, or metal posts that are pushed into the ground and on which buildings or bridges are built. Piles are often used in very wet areas so that the buildings do not flood.
settlements of wooden houses, set on piles along the shore.
沿岸而建的吊脚木屋居民区。
The pile of a carpet or of a fabric such as velvet is its soft surface. It consists of a lot of little threads standing on end.
the carpet's thick pile.
地毯厚厚的绒面。
pile up
If you pile up a quantity of things or if they pile up, they gradually form a pile.
Bulldozers piled up huge mounds of dirt.
推土机堆起了一个个大土堆。
If you pile up work, problems, or losses or if they pile up, you get more and more of them.
Problems were piling up at work.
工作中的问题越积越多。
be at the bottom of the pile , be at the top of the pile
Someone who is at the bottom of the pile is low down in society or low down in an organization. Someone who is at the top of the pile is high up in society or high up in an organization.
These workers are fed up with being at the bottom of the pile when it comes to pay.
这些工人受够了收入水平一直处于底层。
piles , piling , piled
If you pile things somewhere, you put them there so that they form a pile.
He was piling clothes into the suitcase.
他正把衣服一件件叠放到手提箱中去。
If something is piled with things, it is covered or filled with piles of things.
Tables were piled high with local produce.
桌子上高高地堆满了土特产。
If a group of people pile into or out of a vehicle, they all get into it or out of it in a disorganized way.
They all piled into Jerry's car.
他们都挤进了杰里的车里。