A woodpile is wood stacked up in one place, waiting to be burned — usually cut logs kept outside a house, by the wall or under a small roof, ready for the fireplace or the stove in winter. It is one word, and it means the whole pile, not one piece.

A woodpile is wood stacked up in one placewoodpile 是堆在一起的木柴, waiting to be burned等著被燒 — usually cut logs kept outside a house通常是放在屋外的木頭, by the wall or under a small roof靠在牆邊，或放在小屋簷下, ready for the fireplace or the stove in winter準備冬天生火用。It is one word這是一個字, and it means the whole pile, not one piece指的是整堆木柴，不是一根木頭。

This is an everyday word in cold countries where people heat their homes with wood, so it appears a lot in stories about farms, cabins and country life; in Taiwan most students meet it in reading, not in life.

This is an everyday word這是個日常用字 in cold countries where people heat their homes with wood在用木柴取暖的寒冷國家, so it appears a lot in stories about farms, cabins and country life所以常常出現在講農場、小木屋和鄉村生活的故事裡; in Taiwan most students meet it in reading在台灣，大多數學生是在閱讀裡遇到它, not in life而不是在生活裡。

It carries a quiet feeling of preparing for winter.

It carries a quiet feeling它帶著一種默默的感覺 of preparing for winter為冬天做準備。

There is also a fixed old phrase, 'a snake in the woodpile' (or in American English, 'the something in the woodpile'), meaning a hidden problem you don't see until you reach in — but the older American version has a racist history, so I would tell students to understand it if they read it and not to use it themselves.

There is also a fixed old phrase, 'a snake in the woodpile'還有一個固定的老說法 'a snake in the woodpile' (or in American English, 'the something in the woodpile'美式英文也說 'the something in the woodpile'), meaning a hidden problem you don't see until you reach in意思是一個藏著的問題，要伸手進去才會發現 — but the older American version has a racist history但美式那個舊版本帶有種族歧視的歷史, so I would tell students to understand it if they read it所以我會建議學生：讀到的時候要看得懂 and not to use it themselves但自己不要用。