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单词 pig pile
释义

pig pilen.

Brit. /ˈpɪɡ pʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡ ˌpaɪl/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pig n.1, pile n.6
Etymology: < pig n.1 + pile n.6 Compare earlier pig-pile v.
U.S. colloquial.
A disordered mass or heap of people, formed around an individual on whom others jump. Also figurative. Cf. dog pile n. 1.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered > large or numerous > disorderly
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1880 Arthur's Home Mag. Aug. 462/1 Rolling in a mud-puddle, heels up in the air, amid a mound of humanity, very pertinently called a ‘pig-pile’.
1923 Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel 10 Nov. 1/4 Young Sweeney..was on the bottom of a ‘pig pile’ of youngsters.
1971 H. P. Odegard Politics of Truth xviii. 360 It [sc. government] attains its simplicity, sorting out the pigpile of technological complexity, through leadership with vision.
2006 Boston Herald (Nexis) 27 Feb. 100 At game's end, the Swedish players were jumping in for the traditional mob pig pile on goaltender Henrik Lundqvist.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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