单词 | pile up |
释义 | pile up 1. phrasal verb B2 If you pile up a quantity of things or if they pile up, they gradually form a pile. Bulldozers piled up huge mounds of dirt. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Mail was still piling up at the office. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for pile If you pile up work, problems, or losses or if they pile up, you get more and more of them. Problems were piling up at work. [VERB PARTICLE] He piled up huge debts. [VERB PARTICLE noun] pile-up Word forms: pile-ups regional note: in AM, use pileup countable noun A pile-up is a road accident in which a lot of vehicles crash into each other. ...a 54-car pile-up. Synonyms: collision, crash, accident, smash Translations: Chinese: 数辆车同时碰撞事件 Japanese: 山積み |
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