| 词组 | pile |
| 释义 | pile [piled, piled, piling] pile in pile in if a group of people pile in, they all enter a place or vehicle, quickly and not in an organized way: ▪ We were having a quiet drink at the bar when a group of walkers suddenly piled in. ▪ Luke opened the door of the battered old Mercedes. "Pile in!" he said to us all with a smile. ■ OPPOSITE: pile out pile into pile into sth if a group of people pile into a place or vehicle, they all enter it, quickly and not in an organized way: ▪ Bunny, Martin and the four girls piled into the taxi amid a lot of shouting and drunken laughter. ■ OPPOSITE: pile out of pile on 1. pile on sth • pile sth on • pile sth on sth to give more and more of something, for example pressure, praise, or detail in order to achieve the result or effect that you want: ▪ Lessard's a good writer generally - but she's boring when she piles on endless details about her childhood. ▪ The Scots piled on the pressure and achieved a comfortable win. 2. pile it on to talk about something a lot, especially in a way that makes a situation or something that someone has done seem much worse than it really is: ▪ Nobody pays any attention when I do something right, but they certainly pile it on when I make a mistake. ▪ There had been no crying or accusations last night, but George suspected that Marjorie was going to pile it on this morning. ■ SIMILAR TO: lay it on (thick) informal 3. pile on the agony BrE to make a situation even more difficult for a person or a team than it already is, especially in a game of sport: ▪ Kenny Glasgow missed the goal, which piled on the agony for United, who had already lost two other chances. 4. pile on weight/pounds etc especially BrE if you pile on weight, you become much fatter and heavier: ▪ Most people pile on some extra weight at Christmas. ■ OPPOSITE: shed weight/pounds etc pile out pile out if a group of people pile out, they all leave a vehicle or a place quickly and not in an organized way: ▪ All the people on the coach piled out and started running for shelter from the rain. + of ▪ An alarm went off and everyone began piling out of their rooms in their pyjamas. ■ OPPOSITE: pile in pile up 1. pile up if a lot of something piles up, more and more of it collects somewhere and forms a pile: ▪ Dorcas sat at his desk, and stared at the snow piling up against the walls outside. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑build up 2. pile sth up • pile up sth to put a lot of things on top of each other so that they form a pile: ▪ What's in all those boxes that are piled up in the garage? ▪ Helen carefully piled up the logs in front of the stove. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑stack up 3. pile up if work, debts, problems etc pile up, they increase in number or amount and you cannot deal with them all: ▪ By that time the business was in serious trouble, and its debts were rapidly piling up. ▪ The traffic going out of town is really starting to pile up by five o'clock. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑build up, ↑mount up 4. pile up sth • pile sth up to make the number or amount of something increase in a way that causes problems for you: ▪ The government has been criticized for piling up financial trouble. ▪ The company has piled up losses of over $20 million. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑build up 5. pile up informal, especially AmE if a lot of vehicles pile up, they crash into each other: ▪ It has been a bad week for traffic accidents, with twenty-one cars piling up on the US route 23 between Toledo and Columbus. pile-up n C a road accident in which a lot of vehicles crash into each other: ▪ Several people were injured in a 12-vehicle pile-up on the M25 near Wisley. 6. pile up sb's hair to tie your hair up on top of your head, instead of letting it hang down around your shoulders.: ▪ The old lady's long silver hair was piled up in a bun. 7. pile up sth not passive to succeed in winning a lot of points, goals etc in a game of sport: ▪ San Francisco piled up 413 yards, led by quarterback Terrance Brown. ▪ Kent piled up 603 for eight - their highest total since 1934. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑notch up, ↑chalk up 8. pile up sth especially AmE to gradually succeed in making a large amount of money: ▪ If Susan's investments hit a 10% rate of return, she could succeed in piling up $2.3 million by retirement. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑build up, accumulate formal |
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