heap

tas, amas

Ensemble de choses accumulées ou jetées les unes sur les autres, souvent sans ordre.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : heap of something (A heap of leaves blocked the path.)

Synonymes : pile, mound

Expressions courantes : heap of clothes, compost heap

tas, quantité

Une très grande quantité de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A large amount of something.

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

Comment l'utiliser : a heap of something (You have saved me a heap of work.); heaps of something (We had heaps of fun at the party.)

Synonymes : lot, loads

Expressions courantes : heap of trouble, heaps of money

épave, taudis

Véhicule ou lieu vieux, abîmé et en très mauvais état.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : wreck

Expressions courantes : old heap, rusty heap

tas, tas maximum

Structure de données en arbre où chaque valeur dépasse celles placées directement en dessous.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : max heap

Expressions courantes : binary heap, max heap

entasser, empiler

Mettre des choses les unes sur les autres pour former un tas élevé.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : heap something on/onto something (She heaped potatoes onto his plate.); heap something with something (He heaped his plate with rice.)

Synonymes : pile, stack

Expressions courantes : heap something up, heap a plate

accabler, couvrir

Donner à quelqu’un énormément de louanges, de reproches, d’attention ou de choses semblables.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : heap something on/upon someone (The critics heaped praise on the young actor.); heap someone with something (They heaped her with honors.)

Synonymes : lavish, shower

Expressions courantes : heap praise on someone, heap someone with praise, heap praise upon someone, heap honors on someone