heap
[hip]
n. 堆, 许, 积

vt. 堆积, 装满

[] 堆

1. The books lay in a heap on the floor.
   书堆板。
2. We have heaps of time.
   很。
3. He heaped the plate with food.
   盘里堆满食。

heap
[ noun ]

1. a collection of objects laid on top of each other

<noun.group>

2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

<noun.quantity>
a batch of letters
a deal of trouble
a lot of money
he made a mint on the stock market
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
it must have cost plenty
a slew of journalists
a wad of money

3. a car that is old and unreliable

<noun.artifact>
the fenders had fallen off that old bus

[ verb ]

1. bestow in large quantities

<verb.possession>
He heaped him with work
She heaped scorn upon him

2. arrange in stacks

<verb.contact> pile stack
heap firewood around the fireplace
stack your books up on the shelves

3. fill to overflow

<verb.change>
heap the platter with potatoes

Heap \Heap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heaped} (h[=e]pt); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Heaping}.] [AS. he['a]pian.]
1. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to
accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.

Though he heap up silver as the dust. --Job. xxvii.
16.

2. To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as,
to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or
with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.

3. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a
measure) more than even full.


Heap \Heap\ (h[=e]p), n. [OE. heep, heap, heap, multitude, AS.
he['a]p; akin to OS. h[=o]p, D. hoop, OHG. houf, h[=u]fo, G.
haufe, haufen, Sw. hop, Dan. hob, Icel. h[=o]pr troop, flock,
Russ. kupa heap, crowd, Lith. kaupas. Cf. {Hope}, in Forlorn
hope.]
1. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.
[Now Low or Humorous]

The wisdom of a heap of learned men. --Chaucer.

A heap of vassals and slaves. --Bacon.

He had heaps of friends. --W. Black.

2. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a
pile; as, a heap of trouble. [Now Low or Humorous]

A vast heap, both of places of scripture and
quotations. --Bp. Burnet.

I have noticed a heap of things in my life. --R. L.
Stevenson.

3. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or
thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of
earth or stones.

Huge heaps of slain around the body rise. --Dryden.