| 单词 | heap |
| 释义 | heap (hiːp ) Word forms: heaps , heaping , heaped 1. countable noun A heap of things is a pile of them, especially a pile arranged in a rather untidy way. ...a heap of bricks. [+ of] ...a compost heap. He has dug up the tiles that cover the floor and left them in a heap. Synonyms: pile, lot, collection, store 2. verb If you heap things somewhere, you arrange them in a large pile. Mrs. Madrigal heaped more carrots onto Michael's plate. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Heap up means the same as heap. Off to one side, the militia was heaping up wood for a bonfire. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Synonyms: pile, store, collect, gather 3. verb If you heap praise or criticism on someone or something, you give them a lot of praise or criticism. The head of the navy heaped scorn on both the methods and motives of the conspirators. [V n + on/upon] 4. quantifier Heaps of something or a heap of something is a large quantity of it. [informal] You have heaps of time. [+ of] ...a job that might suit someone with heaps of experience. I got in a heap of trouble. [+ of] 5. at the bottom of the heap phrase Someone who is at the bottom of the heap or at the top of the heap is low down or high up in society or an organization. ...those at the top of the social heap. Ordinary workers, once favoured, suddenly found themselves at the bottom of the heap. 6. in a heap phrase If someone collapses in a heap, they fall heavily and untidily and do not move. The young footballer collapsed in a heap after a heavy tackle. Idioms: at the top of the heap high up in society or in an organization While the executive salaries should put them at the top of the heap in Queensland, they would barely rate in Sydney and Melbourne. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers at the bottom of the heap low down in society or in an organization 'I know what it's like to feel that you're at the bottom of the heap ,' he told me last year when we talked about his work with drug addicts. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: heap of rubble Just to be on the safe side they left the building and soon afterwards it collapsed into a heap of rubble and thatch. Times, Sunday Times I can't imagine how the neighbours didn't end up in a heap of rubble, as most of the supporting walls of the house appear to have been removed. Times, Sunday Times This documentary deconstructs the disaster, looking at what caused the five storey building to collapse (above) in to a heap of rubble in less than 20 seconds. The Sun The heap of rubble was documented and carried off stone by stone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A slab with a perfect fossil will turn to a heap of rubble in a few hours, destroying the fossil with it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A typical formulation involves a heap of sand, from which grains are individually removed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The paradox goes as follows: consider a heap of sand from which grains are individually removed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These and other variations failed to catch on, as most golferswhether because of tradition, habit, or concerns about the rulescontinued using heaps of sand. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead, he got himself involved in a whole heap of trouble. The Sun Will that simply buy me a whole heap of trouble? Times, Sunday Times Has she landed herself in a whole heap of trouble? The Sun He's in a whole heap of trouble. The Sun We smell a whole heap of trouble. The Sun It's becoming almost snow blindness to heap praise on her, but it's going to happen again. The Sun But he'd also heap praise if you'd helped the team win. The Sun Critics, too, are itching to heap praise on a series that has gone farther than most to define the nascent, ever more artistic field of interactive entertainment. Times, Sunday Times Museum directors are, of course, meant to heap praise upon their own exhibitions. Times, Sunday Times The president nevertheless heaped praise on the former foreign secretary on the second day of the state visit after speaking to him by phone. Times, Sunday Times Actually dragged the Morgan off a rubbish heap and rebuilt her from the chassis up. CORMORANT The only economic place for the weak was the rubbish heap. The Search for Justice - a history of Britain and the British people Volume III (1990) A rubbish heap outside an abandoned gold-prospector's hut seethes with snakes. Times, Sunday Times (2018) We would go after wild turkey, venison and a whole heap of squirrel. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It's very cringey and cheesy, but a whole heap of fun. The Sun (2012) Will that simply buy me a whole heap of trouble? Times, Sunday Times (2015) We smell a whole heap of trouble. The Sun (2015) Translations: Chinese: 堆 Japanese: 積み重なったもの |
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