pile

Haufen, Stapel

Mehrere Dinge, die übereinanderliegen.

In einfachem Englisch: A group of things placed on top of one another.

• Put the books in a pile.
• She sorted three piles of clothes.
• A pile of leaves blocked the path.

So benutzt man es: a pile of something (There is a pile of clean towels on the chair.)

Synonyme: heap, stack

Häufige Wendungen: pile of books, pile of clothes, large pile, pile of rubbish

Pfahl, Gründungspfahl

Ein langer, stabiler Pfahl, der in den Boden getrieben wird, um ein Gebäude oder eine Brücke zu tragen.

In einfachem Englisch: A long, strong post pushed into the ground to support a building or bridge.

• The bridge rests on concrete piles.
• Workers drove a pile deep into the ground.
• The old wooden piles needed replacing.

Häufige Wendungen: concrete pile, steel pile, foundation pile

Gruppe, Stapel

Menschen oder Dinge, die bei einer Auswahl dieselbe Bewertung erhalten und deshalb zusammengefasst werden.

In einfachem Englisch: A group of people or things put together because they receive the same judgment during a selection.

• This application belongs in the maybe pile.
• She put the strongest candidates in the yes pile.
• We moved two designs out of the reject pile.

Synonyme: group, category

Häufige Wendungen: maybe pile, reject pile, yes pile

aufhäufen, stapeln

Viele Dinge an einem Ort zusammenlegen oder aufeinanderstapeln.

In einfachem Englisch: To put many things together or on top of each other in one place.

• Pile the books on the desk.
• He piled his plate with food.
• They were piling bags beside the door.

So benutzt man es: pile something on something (She piled clean plates on the table.); pile something up (We piled the branches up beside the fence.)

Synonyme: heap, stack

Häufige Wendungen: pile something up, pile something on, pile something high

sich ansammeln, sich häufen

Sich in immer größerer Menge an einem Ort sammeln.

In einfachem Englisch: If things do this, more and more of them collect in one place.

• Dirty dishes pile up quickly.
• Snow piled up outside the door.
• The work has been piling up all week.

So benutzt man es: pile up (Unpaid bills piled up on his desk.)

Synonyme: accumulate, build up

Häufige Wendungen: pile up, pile up quickly

aufbürden, anhäufen

Zu vorhandenen Dingen, Forderungen oder Problemen noch weitere hinzufügen.

In einfachem Englisch: To add more things, demands, or problems to what is already there.

• Do not pile more work on me.
• Unexpected costs piled on top of our other problems.
• The coach kept piling on the pressure.

So benutzt man es: pile something on someone/something (They piled extra work on the remaining staff.); pile on top of something (New costs piled on top of our existing debts.)

Synonyme: add, heap

Häufige Wendungen: pile on pressure, pile on problems, pile on top

hineinströmen, hineindrängen

Als Gruppe schnell in einen engen Raum hineingehen.

In einfachem Englisch: If people do this, they enter a small space quickly, usually together.

• Everyone piled into the car.
• The children piled in after their teacher.
• We were piling into the bus when it started raining.

So benutzt man es: pile into something (The children piled into the back seat.); pile in (We opened the door and everyone piled in.)

Synonyme: crowd in

Häufige Wendungen: pile in, pile into something

herausströmen, hinausdrängen

Als Gruppe schnell einen engen Raum verlassen.

In einfachem Englisch: If people do this, they leave a small space quickly, usually together.

• The children piled out of the car.
• Everyone piled out when the bus stopped.
• People were piling out of the small room.

So benutzt man es: pile out of something (The passengers piled out of the bus.); pile out (The doors opened and the children piled out.)

Häufige Wendungen: pile out, pile out of