pile
pailnoun
B11,712th most heard wordIn 72 of 2278 videos (3%)heard 114 timeslast on Oct 17, 2026
- n. a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- n. a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
- n. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
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- 1:21We offloaded here on this pile, and then we loaded in trucks and haul it across the road to the screener and screen it, so you filter it.我们在那个堆场卸货，然后装上卡车，运到马路对面的筛分机进行筛分，也就是过滤。Sand and Money | This Old House
- 4:02Okay, if you do a big pile of those in one spot, they might not cook at the same rate as the ones that are spread out.好的，如果你把它们堆在一起，它们烤熟的速度可能和铺开的不一样。Sheet Pan Harvest Chicken on Pan-Juice Toast | Food Wishes
- 11:49Because it's a long way, and if you're not really interested in history, then I suppose it may just be a pile of rocks, you know.因为路途遥远，如果你对历史不感兴趣，那么我想这可能只是一堆石头，你知道的。Learn Real-Life British English - At Stonehenge! | English Comprehensible Input B2
- 0:09Now I see piles of shingles and there's a lot of subcontractor trucks out front.现在我看到成堆的瓦片，外面还有很多分包商的卡车。Storm Resistance | This Old House
- 1:31But if that fuel starts burning super fast, faster than the speed of sound, all that unlocked energy piles up and forms a shock wave, a big spike in pressure that travels along with the flame front.但如果燃料开始燃烧得超快，超过音速，所有释放的能量就会堆积起来形成冲击波，一个与火焰锋面一起传播的压力大尖峰。4 Things We Can Learn From Explosions
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- Forms you'll hear
- pilespiledpiling
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- pile of38×pile up12×pile on7×big pile6×have pile6×
Related words
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stormstɒ:mn. a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightningbaybein. an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulfbeachbi:tʃn. an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lakesandsændn. a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coralocean'әuʃәnn. a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrospherechicken'tʃikinn. the flesh of a chicken used for food
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