| 词组 | pile up |
| 释义 | 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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