- A quantity of objects stacked or thrown together in a heap.See Synonyms at heap 一堆，一叠：按堆排放或扔在一起的一些东西 参见 heap
- Informal A large accumulation or quantity:【非正式用语】 大量，一大堆：大量的堆积物或数量：a pile of trouble.一大堆麻烦
- Slang A large sum of money; a fortune:【俚语】 大量钱财，财产：一大笔数目的钱，财产：made their pile in the commodities market.他们在商品市场挣了大钱
- A funeral pyre.火葬的柴堆
- A very large building or complex of buildings.See Synonyms at building 大厦，建筑群：非常大的综合建筑物或建筑群 参见 building
- A nuclear reactor.核反应炉
- A voltaic pile.电堆
- To place or lay in or as if in a pile or heap:堆起，叠起：按堆或好象按堆放或摆：piled books onto the table.在桌上堆书
- To load (something) with a heap or pile:堆于…上：按堆或团放在（某物上）：piled the table with books.把书堆在桌上
- To heap (something) in abundance:大量堆积（某物）：piled potato salad onto the plate.在碟中乘一堆马铃薯沙拉
- To form a heap or pile.堆成堆，堆积
- To move in, out, or forward in a disorderly mass or group:拥，挤：以无序的群或组向里、向外或向上移动：pile into a bus; pile out of a car.拥到公共汽车上；挤出汽车
- To accumulate.积累，积聚
- Informal To undergo a serious vehicular collision.【非正式用语】 撞车：经历一次严重交通工具相撞
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old French 源自 古法语
- from Latin pīla [pillar] 源自 拉丁语 pīla [柱子]
pile
- A heavy beam of timber, concrete, or steel, driven into the earth as a foundation or support for a structure.桩：木头、水泥或钢的重梁，固定在地上作为某一结构的基础或支撑
- Heraldry A wedge-shaped charge pointing downward.【纹章学】 楔形普通图记：一种头朝下的楔形图章
- A Roman javelin.罗马标枪
- To drive piles into.把桩打入…
- To support with piles.用桩支撑
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old English pīl [shaft, stake] 源自 古英语 pīl [箭杆，标桩]
- from Latin pīlum [spear, pestle] 源自 拉丁语 pīlum [矛，杵]
pile
- Cut or uncut loops of yarn forming the surface of certain fabrics, such as velvet, plush, and carpeting.绒毛，绒头：剪开或未剪开的纱线环，组成某些织物、如天鹅绒、长毛绒和地毯织料的表面
- The surface so formed.绒面：因此形成的表面
- Soft, fine hair, fur, or wool.软毛，细毛茸毛：软而细的毛发、毛皮或羊毛
- From Middle English piles [hair, plumage] 源自 中古英语 piles [毛发，羽毛]
- probably from Middle Dutch pijl [fine hair] 可能源自 中古荷兰语 pijl [细毛发]
- Middle Low German pile [downy plumage] 中古低地德语 pile [绒毛般的羽毛]
- both from Latin pilus [hair] 都源自 拉丁语 pilus [毛发]