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[N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指杂乱的)一堆 A
heap of things is a pile of them, especially a pile arranged in a rather untidy way.
Usage Note :
A heap of things is usually untidy, and often has the shape of a hill or mound. Now, the house is a heap of rubble. A stack is usually tidy, and often consists of flat objects placed directly on top of each other. ...a neat stack of dishes. A pile of things can be tidy or untidy. ...a neat pile of clothes.
heap 通常指杂乱的、呈小山状的一堆东西,如:Now, the house is a heap of rubble(现在,房子成了一堆瓦砾)。stack通常是整齐的一叠,指扁平物体叠放起来,如:a neat stack of dishes(整齐的一叠盘子)。pile 既可指整齐的一叠,也可指杂乱的一堆,如:a neat pile of clothes(整齐的一叠衣服)。
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[VERB 动词]堆放;堆积;堆起 If you
heap things somewhere, you arrange them in a large pile.
[V n prep/adv]
[V P n (not pron)]
[Also V n P]
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[VERB 动词](对…)极力(赞扬或批评) If you
heap praise or criticism
on someone or something, you give them a lot of praise or criticism.
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[QUANT 数量词]大量;许多 Heaps of something or a
heap of something is a large quantity of it.
[QUANT of n-uncount/pl-n]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
You have heaps of time...
你有的是时间。
...a job that might suit someone with heaps of experience...
可能适合经验丰富的人的工作
I got in a heap of trouble.
我惹了很多麻烦。
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[PHRASE 短语]身处底层/身处高层 Someone who is
at the bottom of the heap or
at the top of the heap is low down or high up in society or an organization.
...those at the top of the social heap...
那些身处社会高层的人们
Ordinary workers in state industry, once favoured, suddenly found themselves at the bottom of the heap.
曾经养尊处优的国企普通工人,突然发现自己已跌至社会底层。
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[PHRASE 短语]颓然(倒下);重重地(倒下) If someone collapses
in a heap, they fall heavily and untidily and do not move.