heap

Haufen

Dinge, die meist ungeordnet zusammengelegt oder aufeinandergeworfen wurden.

In einfachem Englisch: A pile of things gathered or thrown together, often without order.

• The clothes lay in a heap.
• He swept the leaves into heaps.
• There was a heap of sand beside the road.

So benutzt man es: heap of something (A heap of leaves blocked the path.)

Synonyme: pile, mound

Häufige Wendungen: heap of clothes, compost heap

Menge, Haufen

Eine sehr große Menge von etwas.

In einfachem Englisch: A large amount of something.

• We had heaps of fun.
• He is in a heap of trouble.
• She has heaps of friends.

So benutzt man es: a heap of something (You have saved me a heap of work.); heaps of something (We had heaps of fun at the party.)

Synonyme: lot, loads

Häufige Wendungen: heap of trouble, heaps of money

Schrottkiste, Bruchbude

Ein altes, beschädigtes Fahrzeug oder Gebäude in sehr schlechtem Zustand.

In einfachem Englisch: A vehicle or place that is old, damaged, and in very poor condition.

• My car is an old heap.
• They paid too much for that rusty heap.
• Why would anyone want to live in this heap?

Synonyme: wreck

Häufige Wendungen: old heap, rusty heap

Heap, Max-Heap

Eine Baumstruktur zum Speichern von Daten, in der jeder Wert größer als die unmittelbar darunterliegenden Werte ist.

In einfachem Englisch: A tree-shaped way of storing data, with each value larger than the values directly below it.

• The largest value is at the root of the heap.
• We inserted a new node into the heap.
• The algorithm uses heaps to organize the values.

Synonyme: max heap

Häufige Wendungen: binary heap, max heap

häufen, aufhäufen

Dinge so aufeinanderlegen, dass ein hoher Haufen entsteht.

In einfachem Englisch: To put things together in a high pile.

• She heaped leaves into a pile.
• He heaped his plate with vegetables.
• They were heaping snow beside the path.

So benutzt man es: heap something on/onto something (She heaped potatoes onto his plate.); heap something with something (He heaped his plate with rice.)

Synonyme: pile, stack

Häufige Wendungen: heap something up, heap a plate

überschütten, überhäufen

Jemandem sehr viel Lob, Vorwürfe, Aufmerksamkeit oder Ähnliches zukommen lassen.

In einfachem Englisch: To give someone a very large amount of praise, blame, attention, or something similar.

• They heaped praise on her.
• The coach heaped blame on the goalkeeper.
• Reporters were heaping attention on the new champion.

So benutzt man es: heap something on/upon someone (The critics heaped praise on the young actor.); heap someone with something (They heaped her with honors.)

Synonyme: lavish, shower

Häufige Wendungen: heap praise on someone, heap someone with praise, heap praise upon someone, heap honors on someone