| 单词 | stack |
| 释义 | stack (stæk ) Word forms: stacks , stacking , stacked 1. countable noun A stack of things is a pile of them. There were stacks of books on the bedside table and floor. [+ of] Synonyms: pile, heap, mountain, mass 2. verb If you stack a number of things, you arrange them in neat piles. Mme Cathiard was stacking the clean bottles in crates. [VERB noun] They are stacked neatly in piles of three. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: pile, heap up, load, assemble Stack up means the same as stack. He ordered them to stack up pillows behind his back. [VERB PARTICLE noun] ...plates of delicious food stacked up on the counters. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] 3. plural noun If you say that someone has stacks of something, you mean that they have a lot of it. [informal] If the job's that good, you'll have stacks of money. [+ of] Synonyms: lot, mass, load [informal], ton [informal] 4. verb If someone in authority stacks an organization or body, they fill it with their own supporters so that the decisions it makes will be the ones they want it to make. [mainly US] They said they were going to stack the court with anti-abortion judges. [VERB noun + with] The committee is stacked with members from energy-producing states. [VERB noun with noun] Synonyms: pack, fill, crowd, stuff 5. See also stacked, chimney stack 6. the odds are stacked against sb/things are stacked against sb phrase If you say that the odds are stacked against someone, or that particular factors are stacked against them, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed in what they want to do because the conditions are not favourable. The odds are stacked against civilians getting a fair trial. Everything seems to be stacked against us. Phrasal verbs: stack up 1. phrasal verb [no passive] If you ask how one person or thing stacks up against other people or things, you are asking how the one compares with the others. [informal] The British will be out to see how they stack up to the competition. [V P against/to n] How does this final presidential debate stack up and compare to the others, do you think? [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If facts or figures do not stack up, they do not make sense or give the results you expect. There have been a number of explanations, but none of them stack up. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. stack [sense 2] Idioms: blow your stack [mainly US] to become very angry with someone and shout at them My father really blew his stack over this. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers stack the deck [US] to arrange a situation unfairly against someone, or in your own favour The President is doing everything in his power to stack the deck in his favour and guarantee his regime's return to power. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: tall stack Oddly, the school had a coal-fired central-heating system that belched clouds of black smoke from a tall stack. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A second tall flue gas stack was demolished in a non-explosive way after construction of a smoke cleaning facility, which uses the mentioned tall stack. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These gaps eventually collapse and leave tall stacks at the ends of the headlands. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By offering a slightly taller stack height, these bikes can be ridden more comfortably in an aerodynamic riding position. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 堆栈 Japanese: 積み重ね |
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