accumulate, amass, collect, gather, heap, pile

名詞 pile:

1. a collection of objects laid on top of each other
   同義詞：heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
   同義詞：batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
3. a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
   同義詞：bundle, big bucks, megabucks, big money
4. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
   同義詞：down
5. battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
   同義詞：voltaic pile, galvanic pile
6. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
   同義詞：spile, piling, stilt
7. the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
   同義詞：nap
8. a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
   同義詞：atomic pile, atomic reactor, chain reactor

動詞 pile:

1. arrange in stacks
   同義詞：stack, heap
2. press tightly together or cram
   同義詞：throng, mob, pack, jam
3. place or lay as if in a pile

1. It's probably not as bad as she says she does tend to pile it on.
   大概不像她說的那麼糟－－她確實有意夸大事實。
2. The situation is frightful, but it's just piling on the agony to keep discussing it.
   情況很可怕，可是還一個勁兒地議論讓人覺得更可怕。
3. The little boy is piling up his building blocks.
   小男孩正在搭積木。
4. The cart is piled high with fruit and vegetables.
   馬車上堆滿了水果和蔬菜。
5. We put the books in piles on the floor.
   我們把書在地板上堆起來。

pile

n.（名詞）
A quantity of objects stacked or thrown together in a heap.See Synonyms at heap
一堆，一疊：按堆排放或扔在一起的一些東西參見 heap
Informal A large accumulation or quantity:
【非正式用語】 大量，一大堆：大量的堆積物或數量：
例句：
a pile of trouble.
一大堆麻煩

Slang A large sum of money; a fortune:
【俚語】 大量錢財，財產：一大筆數目的錢，財產：
例句：
made their pile in the commodities market.
他們在商品市場掙了大錢

A funeral pyre.
火葬的柴堆
A very large building or complex of buildings.See Synonyms at building
大廈，建筑群：非常大的綜合建筑物或建筑群參見 building
A nuclear reactor.
核反應爐
A voltaic pile.
電堆
v.（動詞）
piled,pil.ing,piles
v.tr.（及物動詞）

To place or lay in or as if in a pile or heap:
堆起，疊起：按堆或好象按堆放或擺：
例句：
piled books onto the table.
在桌上堆書

To load (something) with a heap or pile:
堆于…上：按堆或團放在（某物上）：
例句：
piled the table with books.
把書堆在桌上

To heap (something) in abundance:
大量堆積（某物）：
例句：
piled potato salad onto the plate.
在碟中乘一堆馬鈴薯沙拉

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To form a heap or pile.
堆成堆，堆積
To move in, out, or forward in a disorderly mass or group:
擁，擠：以無序的群或組向里、向外或向上移動：
例句：
pile into a bus; pile out of a car.
擁到公共汽車上；擠出汽車

<常用詞組>pile up
To accumulate.
積累，積聚
Informal To undergo a serious vehicular collision.
【非正式用語】 撞車：經歷一次嚴重交通工具相撞
來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin pola [pillar]
源自 拉丁語 pola [柱子]

pile
pile 2

n.（名詞）
A heavy beam of timber, concrete, or steel, driven into the earth as a foundation or support for a structure.
樁：木頭、水泥或鋼的重梁，固定在地上作為某一結構的基礎或支撐
Heraldry A wedge-shaped charge pointing downward.
【紋章學】 楔形普通圖記：一種頭朝下的楔形圖章
A Roman javelin.
羅馬標槍
v.tr.（及物動詞）
piled,pil.ing,piles
To drive piles into.
把樁打入…
To support with piles.
用樁支撐

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English pol [shaft, stake]
源自 古英語 pol [箭桿，標樁]
from Latin polum [spear, pestle]
源自 拉丁語 polum [矛，杵]

pile
pile 3

n.（名詞）

Cut or uncut loops of yarn forming the surface of certain fabrics, such as velvet, plush, and carpeting.
絨毛，絨頭：剪開或未剪開的紗線環(huán)，組成某些織物、如天鵝絨、長毛絨和地毯織料的表面
The surface so formed.
絨面：因此形成的表面
Soft, fine hair, fur, or wool.
軟毛，細毛茸毛：軟而細的毛發(fā)、毛皮或羊毛

來源：
From Middle English piles [hair, plumage]
源自 中古英語 piles [毛發(fā)，羽毛]
probably from Middle Dutch pijl [fine hair]
可能源自 中古荷蘭語 pijl [細毛發(fā)]
Middle Low German pile [downy plumage]
中古低地德語 pile [絨毛般的羽毛]
both from Latin pilus [hair]
都源自 拉丁語 pilus [毛發(fā)]

【引伸】
piled
adj.（形容詞）