| 词组 | stack |
| 释义 | stack 1. noun 1 in rock music, an assemblage of loudspeakers UK, 1996. 2 in pool, the balls assembled inside the rack before a game US, 1977. 3 in pool, the clustered pack of balls left at the foot of the table after the first shot of the game US, 1990. 4 a package of marijuana cigarettes US, 1955. 5 one thousand dollars US, 2002. 6 money US, 1997. 7 in trucking, a smokestack from the truck engine US, 1971. 8 a large amount of something US, 1870 2. verb 1 to crash a vehicle AUSTRALIA, 1971. 2 to earn a lot of money US, 1997.► stack on a blueto begin a fight AUSTRALIA, 1944.► stack on a turnto kick up a fuss AUSTRALIA, 1971.► stack on an actto kick up a fuss AUSTRALIA, 1962 stack up 1. stack up to form into a neat pile, or to make something form into a neat pile, by putting things on top of each other: Stack up the chairs in your classroom before you leave. Boxes of food stacked were up in the warehouse, ready to be delivered to needy families.■ SIMILAR TO: pile up2. stack up to gradually increase in number: Your phone messages really stacked up while you were on vacation. The bills are stacking up on my desk.■ SIMILAR TO: pile up3. stack up if planes stack up or are stacked up near an airport, they have to fly around the airport until they are given permission to land: Bad weather caused dozens of flights to stack up near Kennedy Airport.stack-up n C when several planes are flying around an airport waiting for permission to land: Stack-ups at Heathrow are causing delays for hundreds of travellers.4. stack up AmE informal if something stacks up to another thing, it is as good or better than the other thing+ to/against Cable operators said satellite TV fails to stack up to cable in some areas.how sth stacks up (=whether it is as good as other things of the same kind) Parents want to know how their children's schools stack up against others.■ SIMILAR TO: compare5. stack up AmE informal to happen in a particular way: How did the meeting stack up this afternoon?■ SIMILAR TO: go6. sth doesn't stack up used to say that something does not make sense: Why would she abandon her only child? The story just doesn't stack up.■ SIMILAR TO: add up, make sense
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