n.[C]

1. 堆；一堆[（+of）]
   A pile of dirty clothes lay by the washing machine.

   一堆髒衣服放在洗衣機旁邊。

2. 【口】大量；大數目[S][P][（+of）]
   He's got piles of work to do this morning.

   今天上午他有大量工作要做。

3. 【口】大筆錢財[S1]
   Mr. Hunter made a pile of money in the stock market.

   漢特先生在股票市場賺了一大筆錢。

4. 高大的建築物；建築群
5. 電池
6. 核反應堆

vt.

1. 堆積，疊；累積[（+up）]
   He piled the books on top of each other.

   他把書一本一本地疊起來。

2. 把……堆在；裝（車等）[（+with）]
   They piled the cart with fruit and vegetables.

   他們把水果和蔬菜裝上大車。

vi.

1. 堆積；累積
   Her work is piling up.

   她的工作越積越多。

   She's been piling up money ever since she got the job.

   自從得了那份工作以來，她一直在攢錢。

2. 擁，擠[（+in/into/out/off）]
   They piled into my car.

   他們擠進我的車。

n.

1. 柱，樁[C]

vt.

1. 把樁打入
2. 用樁支撐

n.[C][U]

1. （織物或地毯的）絨毛
2. （動物的）軟毛，茸毛

n.

1. a heap of things laid or lying one on top of another.
   ▸informal a large amount:

   the growing pile of work.
2. a large imposing building:
   a Gothic pile.
3. a series of plates of dissimilar metals laid one on another alternately to produce an electric current.

v.

1. place (things) one on top of the other.
   ▸ (be piled with) be stacked or loaded with.
   ▸ (pile up) form a pile or large quantity.
   ▸ (pile something on) informal intensify or exaggerate something for effect.
2. (pile into/out of) get into or out of (a vehicle) in a disorganized manner.
   ▸ (pile into) crash into.

n.

1. a heavy stake or post driven into the ground to support the foundations of a superstructure.
2. Heraldry  a triangular charge or ordinary formed by two lines meeting at an acute angle, usually pointing down from the top of the shield.

v.

n.