单词 | piler |
释义 | pilern. A person who piles, stacks, or accumulates something. Frequently as second element in objective compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > composite collectiveness > accumulation > heaping or piling up > one who heaperc1490 piler1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Accumulateur,..a heaper, or piler; a hoorder. 1779 R. Griffith tr. Voltaire Age of Louis XIV I. 40 Sworn officers, measurers and carriers of charcoal; meters, pilers, and porters. 1835 R. Browning Paracelsus v. 170 The sacred fire may flicker..And die, for want of a wood-piler's help. 1885 New Era (Humeston, Iowa) 16 July The lumber pilers left their work and the mill was shut down. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Apr. 282/3 The determined piler of Pelion upon Ossa. 2000 W. Self How Dead Live (2001) 18 Left in charge by their more belligerent brothers, the paper-pilers and pen-pushers remained in the rear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611 |
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