pig pile

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɪɡpʌɪl/    美 /ˈpɪɡˌpaɪl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A disorderly pile of people formed by jumping upon a victim. US,colloquial
    — Rolling in a mud-puddle, heels up in the air, amid a mound of humanity, very pertinently called a 'pig-pile'.
动词 v.
  1. To cause a group of people to lie in a pile upon another, originally as a punishment to the victim on the bottom. US,colloquial,transitive
    — She made the worst speller lie down on the floor, the next worst on top of him, and so pig-piled the whole class, dressing off the upper one with a shingle.
  2. To jump into such a pile. US,ambitransitive,colloquial
    — They pig-piled at the very end, and we threw ice cubes on them.
  3. To act similarly with regard to residential density: to live or cause to live in high-density settlements. US,ambitransitive,colloquial,figuratively
    — We're pig-piling in hot spots. If the entire population were to be given an acre of ground... they wouldn't occupy the state of Texas.

词形变化

pig piles present,singular,third-person pig piling participle,present pig piled participle,past pig piled past pig-pile alternative pigpile alternative pig piles plural pig-pile alternative pigpile alternative

词源

词源 1
Originally as a verb, by analogy with the disorderly huddling behavior of pigs.
词源 2
Originally as a verb, by analogy with the disorderly huddling behavior of pigs.
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