pile-up

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pile, a group of people or things which have piled up on one another, especially; A pile of crashed vehicles due to a traffic accident. colloquial
    — Traffic was backed up for miles due to a twelve-car pile-up on the freeway earlier today.
  2. A pile, a group of people or things which have piled up on one another, especially; A pile of tackling players. colloquial
  3. An accumulation that occurs over time, especially one which is not welcome.
    — If the supervisor deals with daily workload in an orderly way and does not put pressure on the employee about a pile-up of work, then the employee's perception of pressure will be reduced and the employee will not suffer from work pressure stress.

词形变化

pile-ups plural pileup alternative

词汇关系

近义词
dogpile
相关词
pile-on

词源

Etymology tree
English pile updeverb.
English pile-up
Deverbal from pile up.
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