英语词组stack up是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

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stack up

释义

Idiom

stack upstack up (against something)

to compare with something else.

We wondered how London restaurants stacked up against Atlanta's.

Phr V

stack up

stacks, stacking, stacked

stack up sth or stack sth up

to arrange things in a tall pile

If you stack the dishes up by the sink, I'll do them later.She stacked up a pile of logs by the garage wall.

stack up (sth) or stack (sth) up

mainly American if something stacks up, or if you stack it up, you gradually get more of it

Every time you fly, you stack up points for free flights.More and more problems are stacking up for the event organizers.

stack up

if aircraft stack up, they fly over an airport at different heights waiting to be told they can land

Storms were causing the planes to stack up over Kennedy airport.

American & Australian informal (always + adv/prep) if you describe how someone or something stacks up, you say if they are better or worse than someone or something elseusually + against

Our new car doesn't stack up against (= is not as good as) our old one.

stack up

verb on the railways, to have a collision US, 1977

phrasestack up1. 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

stack up

1. To gather or accumulate into a large amount. I'm sorry, I'm going to be late for dinner tonight—things have really been stacking up at work all day. With so many bills stacking up, I don't know how we're going to make rent.

2. To compare to or rank against someone or something similar. Well, how does your new car stack up against your old one? He's obsessed with how he stacks up compared to my previous boyfriends.

3. To be logical or believable; to make sense. I listened to Jill's explanation, but I'm still skeptical—something just doesn't stack up. I've been staring at this equation for over an hour, but it just isn't stacking up for me.

stack something up

to make a stack of things. (Also without the up.) Where should I stack them up? Please stack up these boxes.

stack up

[for something] to accumulate, as in stacks. Your work is stacking up. You will have to work late to finish it. I hate to let my work stack up. I have to do it sooner or later.

stack up

1. Measure up, equal, as in Their gift doesn't stack up against mine. This usage alludes to piling up one's chips at poker, and comparing them to those of the other players. [Early 1900s]

2. Make sense, seem plausible, as in Her explanation just doesn't stack up. Also see add up, def. 2.

stack up

1. To arrange something in a stack; pile something: I stacked up the magazines in orderly piles. Don't leave newspapers all over the floor; stack them up neatly.

2. To form into or as if into a stack; accumulate: I've been away for two weeks, and my mail is stacking up.

3. To equal or be of similar quality: The salary and benefits at this company don't stack up against those offered by larger companies.

4. To rank against one another; bear comparison: We sent our critic out to see how the local restaurants stack up.

5. To make sense; add up: The story he gave the police was full of contradictions—it just didn't stack up.

6. To direct or cause some aircraft to circle at different altitudes while waiting to land: The control tower stacked up the planes until the runway could be cleared. The controllers stacked the planes up because only one runway was open.

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