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這個拼法底下其實是3個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 heap (loose material) · carpet pile (nap) · hemorrhoids (piles)

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pile

n, v

Picture a heap — things or a loose substance pushed together so they rise up into a little hill or stack. A pile is stuff gathered upward into one mass. From that one image you get 'a lot of something', the top and bottom of a stack, a heap of money, and even a heavy post driven down into the ground (the same old word for an upright mass of stone).

可以想成一座小山堆：東西或散料被推攏在一起，往上堆成一疊或一丘。pile 的核心畫面可以想成「把東西聚攏、往上堆成一團」。從這個畫面出發，可以延伸到「一大堆某物」、一疊東西的頂端與底層、堆起來的一筆錢，甚至打進地裡撐住建築的粗重基樁（同源於古字「直立的石堆」）。

From the word’s history

From Latin pila 'a pillar, pier of stones', via Old French pile 'a heap' — the heap sense and the driven-post sense both descend from this same root (an upright mass of stone), which is why they share one word.

源自拉丁文 pila「石柱、石砌的橋墩」，經古法文 pile「一堆」而來。「一堆」和「打進地裡的基樁」其實同根（都來自「直立的石堆」），所以共用同一個字。

etymonline.com/word/pile

A second word, same spelling

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pile

n

Picture the soft, fuzzy surface of a carpet — countless tiny threads standing up like short hairs. This 'pile' is a different word that happens to share the spelling: it comes from the Latin word for hair, not from the heap word.

可以想成地毯那層柔軟毛茸茸的表面——無數細短的線頭立起來，像一根根短毛。這個 pile 其實是另一個剛好同拼法的字：它來自拉丁文「毛髮」，跟「一堆」的那個 pile 沒有關係。

From the word’s history

From Latin pilus 'a hair' (via Old French pil), a separate root from the 'heap' pile — hence the meaning 'the standing threads on cloth'.

源自拉丁文 pilus「毛髮」（經古法文 pil 而來），與「一堆」的 pile 是不同的字根，所以指的是布面上立起的細毛、絨面。

etymonline.com/word/pile

A second word, same spelling

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pile

n

Used in the plural 'piles', this is the everyday British word for the medical condition where small blood vessels near the bottom become swollen and sore (). It is a separate word that only shares the spelling — likely from a Latin word for 'ball', from the rounded shape.

用複數 piles，是英式日常對「痔瘡」的說法——肛門附近的小血管腫脹疼痛的毛病。這是個只是剛好同拼法的獨立字，可能來自拉丁文「球」（因形狀圓鼓），與其他 pile 無關。

From the word’s history

From Medieval Latin pili 'piles', of uncertain origin, perhaps from Latin pila 'ball' (from the rounded swollen shape) — unrelated to the heap or carpet senses.

源自中世紀拉丁文 pili「痔」，來源不確定，可能來自拉丁文 pila「球」（因腫起的圓鼓形狀），與「一堆」「絨毛」的 pile 都無關。

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n複數 piles

v過去式 piled過去分詞 piled-ing piling三單 piles

意思相反

clearscatter

複數 piles

意思相近

nap

意思相近

haemorrhoids

原始詞典資料30 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Pilename

  • 1

    A surname.

pilenoun詞源 1/paɪl/

  • 1

    A mass of things heaped together; a heap.

    • I climbed through, and, standing on a pile of stones, lifted and dragged Cleopatra after me.
  • 2

    informalA group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.

    • When we were looking for a new housemate, we put the nice woman on the "maybe" pile, and the annoying guy on the "no" pile.
  • 3

    A mass formed in layers.

    • a pile of shot
  • 4

    A funeral pile; a pyre.

    • Jove with a Nod, comply'd with her Deſire; / Around the Body flam'd the Funeral Fire; / The Pile decreas'd that lately ſeem'd ſo high, / And Sheets of Smoak roll'd upward to the Sky: [...]
  • 5

    slangA large amount of money.

    • He made a pile from that invention of his.
    • When they are at work they live most frugally, denying themselves every comfort and luxury till they have made a "pile."
  • 6

    A large building, or mass of buildings.

    • The pile is of a gloomy and massive, rather than of an elegant, style of Gothic architecture; […]
    • The pile o'erlooked the town and drew the fight.
  • 7

    A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot.

  • 8

    A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.

    • The word "pile" is used specifically to mean the column of superposed electrodes, such as that of Volta or Zamboni.
另外 4 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    architecturecivil-engineeringengineeringA beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground, usually as one of a group that constitutes a foundation.

  • 10

    An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.

  • 11

    obsoleteThe reverse (or tails) of a coin.

  • 12

    A list or league

    • And the moment it thumped into the net, Celtic’s march back to the top of the SPL pile also seemed unstoppable.
    • Watch Harlequins train and you get some idea of why they are back on top of the pile going into Saturday's rerun of last season's grand final against Leicester.

pileverb詞源 1/paɪl/

  • 1

    To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate

    • They were piling up wood on the wheelbarrow.
  • 2

    To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.

    • We piled the camel with our loads.
    • Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
  • 3

    To add something to a great number.

    • But as the second half wore on, Sunderland piled forward at every opportunity and their relentless pressure looked certain to be rewarded in the closing stages.
  • 4

    (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.

  • 5

    governmentmilitarypoliticsTo place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.

  • 6

    To form a pile or heap.

    • Junk piled on the floor as we searched the attic for the old photograph albums.
    • I darted from room to room as the see-through bagless dustbin piled high with shocking amounts of icky-poo.

pilenoun詞源 2/paɪl/

  • 1

    obsoleteA dart; an arrow.

  • 2

    The head of an arrow or spear.

  • 3

    A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.

    • All this time I worked very hard [...] and it is scarce credible what inexpressible labour everything was done with, especially the bringing piles out of the woods and driving them into the ground; for I made them much bigger than I needed to have done.
  • 4

    governmentheraldryhobbiesOne of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.

pileverb詞源 2/paɪl/

  • 1

    To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.

pilenoun詞源 3/paɪl/

  • 1

    A hemorrhoid.

pilenoun詞源 4/paɪl/

  • 1

    Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)

  • 2

    The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.

    • Velvet soft, or plush with shaggy pile.

pileverb詞源 4/paɪl/

  • 1

    To give a pile to; to make shaggy.

pilenoun詞源 5/paɪl/

  • 1

    historicalchemistryelectrochemistrynatural-sciencesA battery (simple device for converting chemical potential energy into usable electricity).

  • 2

    historicalchemistryelectrochemistrynatural-sciencesA battery (simple device for converting chemical potential energy into usable electricity).

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