ARRANGEMENT OF THINGS 物品的归置, [C] a group of several things of the same type that are put on top of each other

堆，叠，摞;

His mother came in carrying a pile of ironing in her arms.

他的母亲手里抱着一叠熨好的衣物进来了。

Flora shuffled through a pile of magazines.

弗洛拉胡乱地翻看一摞杂志。

She tidied up the books and put them in neat piles .

她把书本整理好，并把它们整齐地码成摞。

He balanced the plate on the top of a pile of books.

他把盘子在一摞书上放稳。

LARGE AMOUNT 大量, [C] a large amount of something arranged in a shape that looks like a small hill

一大堆:

piles of melting snow

一堆堆正在融化的雪

All that remained of the old house was a pile of rubble.

那所老房子遗留下的只有一堆瓦砾。

Sophie stooped to throw another branch on the pile.

索菲弯腰往柴火堆上又扔了一根树枝。

He began to sweep the pieces of glass into a pile .

他动手把碎玻璃片扫成一堆。

a pile of sth also 又作 piles of sth [informal] a lot of something 一大堆某物，大量某物:

We've had piles of letters from viewers.

我们收到了大量的观众来信。

another pile of directives from the EU

又一堆来自欧盟的指示

the bottom of the pile, [BrE] the weakest or least important position in a society or organization

处于社会（组织）的底层:

I soon discovered I was at the bottom of the pile in the office hierarchy.

我很快发现自己在办公室里处于最底层。

She always puts her own needs to the bottom of the pile.

她总是最后考虑自己的需求。

the top of the pile, [BrE] the best or highest position in a society or organization

处于社会（组织）的高层:

It's been 20 years since a British tennis player was at the top of the pile.

英国的网球运动员已经有 20 年没有位居榜首了。

HOUSE 房屋, [C] a very large old house

高大的旧建筑:

They've just bought an 18th-century pile in Surrey.

他们刚刚在萨里郡买了一所 18 世纪的大房子。

MATERIAL 材料, [C,U] the soft surface of short threads on a CARPET or some types of cloth

〔地毯或某些布料上的〕绒面:

Her feet sank into the thick pile of the rug.

她的双脚陷入了厚厚的绒毯中。

a deep pile carpet

厚绒地毯

POST 柱，桩, [C] [technical] a heavy wooden, stone, or metal post, used to support something heavy

柱，桩

make a / your pile, [informal] to make a lot of money

赚很多钱，发财:

He had made his pile in the wholesale business.

他做批发生意赚了大钱。

piles, [pl.] painfully swollen BLOOD VESSELS near a person's ANUS

痔（疮）

[always + adv / prep] to fill a place or container or cover a surface with a large amount of things

堆放; 摞起:

He piled bread and milk into his basket.

他把面包和牛奶往篮子里堆。

Melissa piled spaghetti onto her plate.

梅利莎一个劲往盘子里堆意大利面。

a chair piled with velvet cushions

堆满了天鹅绒靠垫的椅子

The room was piled high with boxes (=filled with a lot of boxes) .

房间里高高地堆着一些箱子。

also pile up to arrange things in a pile

把…堆积（堆叠）起来:

Ma stacked the cups and piled the plates.

妈妈把杯盘堆叠起来。

She brushed her hair and piled it carefully on top of her head.

她梳好头发，仔细地把它盘在头顶上。