单词 | pile up |
释义 | pile up From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpile up phrasal verb1 INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, FEELINGS ETCto increase in quantity or amount, in a way that is difficult to manage It wasn’t long before the debts were piling up. The traffic starts piling up around this time. The work has a tendency to pile up if I’m not careful.2 pile something ↔ up to arrange things in a pile tiny doughnuts piled up in a dish → pileup → pile→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuspile up• The work just keeps on piling up and makes me want to scream.• As her debts piled up, she came close to a nervous breakdown. |
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