piling
present participle ofpile
| 单词 | piling |
| 释义 | piling present participle ofpile pile verb uk/paɪl/us/paɪl/pileverb(OBJECTS)[IorT,+ adv/prep](alsopile up) toarrangeobjectsinto a pile: We piled plenty oflogsupnext to thefire. Please pileyourhomeworkbooksneatlyonthetableas youleave. Herplatewas piled(high)withsalad. Snow had piled up against thewalls.
Placing and positioning an object
pileverb(PEOPLE)[Iusually+ adv/prep]informal (of agroupofpeople) tomovetogether,especiallyin anuncontrolledway: Assoonas thetrainstopped, they all piledin/out. Arriving, entering and invading
Idiomspile it high and sell it cheap pile it on pile on the agony pile on the pounds Phrasal verbspile on pilesomethingon pilesomethingontosomeone pile(something)up Examplesofpilingpiling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The evidence, or perhaps the rhetorical use of evidence, seems to bepilingup. From theCambridge English Corpus Unlike steamboats, thepilingup of bodies did not result from a few dramatic accidents. From theCambridge English Corpus Thepilingsystem uses a method of vibrating each pile into the ground - a less noisy method than traditional driven piles. From theCambridge English Corpus As it is hard work, knowing the optimum number and the time ofpilingis essential. From theCambridge English Corpus Here we see a 'piling-up' effect of a series of descriptors, and the result is an inclusive reading with an additive interpretation. From theCambridge English Corpus It creates a massive tension bypilingup lots of disparate material, and at the point of maximum tension you hear a tam-tam. From theCambridge English Corpus What we can find ourselves doing instead, however, ispilinginduction on untested induction. From theCambridge English Corpus Otherwise, the equilibrium solution of (2.9) is simply thepilingup of all modal energies on the upper truncation mode. From theCambridge English Corpus Some restriction on the starting state is necessary to prevent the process 'exploding', with infinitely many particlespilingup at a single site. From theCambridge English Corpus The density diffusion prevents the extremepilingup of the isopycnal surfaces and allows the existence of a steady solution, preventing the generation of a singularity or a jet. From theCambridge English Corpus For if a higher pleasure only has a finite value, then that value sooner or later would be reached, if we startedpilingup lower pleasures. From theCambridge English Corpus A party which avoidspilingup huge majorities in its safer constituencies while managing to win a disproportionate number by relatively small margins will benefit from efficiency bias. From theCambridge English Corpus While the diffusion halts thepiling-up of isopycnals and prevents the generation of singularities and the jet, the strong buoyancy force generates a large vertical velocity. From theCambridge English Corpus Thispilingup of official notes could scarcely deceive the involved parties about the fact that to negotiate a modus vivendi to both sides' satisfaction was virtually impossible. From theCambridge English Corpus The inclusion of density diffusion would inhibit the extremepilingup of the density surface, and prevents the generation of the jet which would appear if the fluid is non-diffusive. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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