詞彙精選：pile的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
堆；摞；大量 [C]
例句：
I had to sift through a pile of papers looking for the missing article.
我只得在一大堆的報紙中去翻找那篇丟失的文章。
例句：
There is a pile of bicycle outside the station.
車站臺票前堆放着許多自行車。
樁 [C]
例句：
This is tongued and grooved sheet pile.
這是企口板樁。
例句：
These are the settlements of wooden houses, set on piles along the shore.
這些是建在沿岸樁柱上的木製房屋居住區。
建築物 [C]
例句：
Then you can find some stately pile in the country.
然後你就能看到鄉下某座恢宏氣派的建築。
絨頭 [U]
例句：
Needle punched fabrics can be made, however, that resemble loop - pile, velour and velveteen structures.
但是針刺非織造布的表面可以仿效毛圈絨頭、絨織物及平絨的結構特點。
例句：
Look at the carpet's thick pile.
看看這地毯的厚絨。
v.
堆積；積累；堆起；堆疊 [I,T]
例句：
Tables were piled high with local produce.
桌上高高堆放着當地的農產品。
例句：
There are trucks piled with luggage everywhere.
到處都是塞滿成堆行李的卡車。
放置；裝入 [T]
例句：
He was piling clothes into the suitcase.
他在把衣服一件件疊放進手提箱中。
例句：
A few newspapers and magazines were piled on a table.
幾份報紙和雜誌放置在桌上。
蜂擁；擁擠 [I]
例句：
Cars often pile up here in the rush hours.
在交通擁擠時刻汽車往往在這裏擠成一團。
例句：
They all piled into Jerrold's car.
他們一窩蜂地擠進傑羅爾德的車裏。
二、詞義辨析：
accumulate,amass,collect,gather,heap,pile
這些動詞均含“積聚，聚集，積累”之意。accumulate幾乎可用於指任何事物量的增加，側重連續不斷地，一點一滴地聚積。amass着重大量地積聚，尤指對如金錢、珠寶等有價值東西的大量積聚。collect普通用詞，多用於指物，側重指有區別地作選擇或有安排有計劃地把零散物集中起來。gather普通用詞，指人或物或抽象事物都可用。側重於圍繞一箇中心的集合、聚集。heap主要指把沙、石、煤、草等堆高，不強調整齊。pile着重指比較整齊地把東西堆積在一起。
三、相關短語：
atomic pile
n.[核]原子爐,原子堆
pile driver
n.打樁機
pile up
v.堆積,積累,擱淺,撞毀
galvanic pile
電堆
sheet pile
板樁
voltaic pile
伏打電堆
四、參考例句：
We'll pile him up there.
我們要叫他在那兒擱淺。
The driver told us to pile in.
司機叫我們擠進去。
There is a pile of bicycle outside the station.
車站臺票前堆放着許多自行車。
Then you can find some stately pile in the country.
然後你就能看到鄉下某座恢宏氣派的建築。
I did a pile of laundry this morning.
早上我洗了一堆衣服。
They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves.
他們在一堆樹葉下面發現了那具屍體。
He confronted his pile of work with determination.
他很堅定地正視這一大堆工作。
A pile of books avalanched out of the shelf.
一堆書從書架上雪崩似的掉下來。
I stepped in a large pile of strawberries.
我踩在了一大堆草莓上。
I have a huge pile of letters to deal with.
我有一大堆信件要處理。
