How do you use "pile" in a sentence?

There was a pile of dirty laundry on the floor. The children piled into the car excitedly. Work has been piling up while I was on holiday.

pile

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Significado: A heap or stack of things placed on top of each other; to stack or heap things

堆，叠；堆积

pila, montón; apilar

山、積み重ね；積み上げる

더미, 무더기; 쌓다

A pile is a quantity of things lying on top of each other, often in a disordered way. As a verb, it means to place things in a stack. 'Piles of' informally means a lot of something. 'Pile up' means to accumulate, and 'pile into' means to crowd into a space quickly.

Pile是指一堆叠放在一起的东西，通常是杂乱的。作为动词，意为把东西堆成一堆。'piles of'非正式地表示大量的东西。'pile up'意为积累，'pile into'意为快速挤进一个空间。

Una pile es una cantidad de cosas apiladas unas sobre otras, a menudo de manera desordenada. Como verbo, significa colocar cosas en una pila. «Piles of» informalmente significa mucho de algo. «Pile up» significa acumularse, y «pile into» significa amontonarse en un espacio rápidamente.

Pileは、しばしば乱雑に重ねられたものの山を指します。動詞としては、物を積み重ねることを意味します。「piles of」は口語的にたくさんのものを意味します。「pile up」は蓄積する、「pile into」は素早く空間に詰め込むことを意味します。

Pile은 종종 무질서하게 서로 위에 놓인 물건의 무더기를 뜻합니다. 동사로는 물건을 쌓는 것을 의미합니다. 'Piles of'는 비격식적으로 많은 양을 뜻합니다. 'Pile up'은 축적되다, 'pile into'는 빠르게 공간에 몰려들다라는 의미입니다.

Ejemplos

There was a pile of dirty laundry on the floor.
地板上有一堆脏衣服。
Había un montón de ropa sucia en el suelo.
床に汚れた洗濯物の山がありました。
바닥에 더러운 빨래 더미가 있었습니다.
The children piled into the car excitedly.
孩子们兴奋地挤进了车里。
Los niños se amontonaron en el coche con entusiasmo.
子供たちは興奮して車に乗り込みました。
아이들이 신나서 차에 우르르 올라탔습니다.
Work has been piling up while I was on holiday.
我度假期间，工作堆积如山。
El trabajo se ha ido acumulando mientras estaba de vacaciones.
休暇中に仕事がたまってしまいました。
휴가 동안 일이 쌓여 버렸습니다.

Pronunciación

Guía de uso

Contexto: general

Tono: neutral

Origen e historia

Multiple origins: (1) Latin 'pila' meaning 'a stone pier' (a pile driven into the ground); (2) Latin 'pilus' meaning 'hair' (the pile of a carpet); (3) Middle English 'pile' meaning 'a heap', from Old French. Three separate words.

Contexto cultural

Era: Modern

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal

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