pile

山、積み重ね

物をいくつも上に重ねてできた山。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： a pile of something (There is a pile of clean towels on the chair.)

類義語： heap, stack

よく使う表現： pile of books, pile of clothes, large pile, pile of rubbish

杭

建物や橋を支えるため、地面に打ち込む長くて丈夫な柱。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： concrete pile, steel pile, foundation pile

グループ、分類

選考で同じ評価を受けたため、ひとまとめにされた人や物。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： group, category

よく使う表現： maybe pile, reject pile, yes pile

積む、積み上げる

多くの物を一か所に集めたり、上に重ねたりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： pile something on something (She piled clean plates on the table.); pile something up (We piled the branches up beside the fence.)

類義語： heap, stack

よく使う表現： pile something up, pile something on, pile something high

積もる、溜まる

同じ場所に物が次々と集まり、量が増えること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： pile up (Unpaid bills piled up on his desk.)

類義語： accumulate, build up

よく使う表現： pile up, pile up quickly

さらに加える、押し付ける

すでにある物、要求、問題などに、さらに別のものを加えること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： 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.)

類義語： add, heap

よく使う表現： pile on pressure, pile on problems, pile on top

どっと入る、なだれ込む

大勢の人が、普通は一緒に狭い場所へ勢いよく入ること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： pile into something (The children piled into the back seat.); pile in (We opened the door and everyone piled in.)

類義語： crowd in

よく使う表現： pile in, pile into something

どっと出る

大勢の人が、普通は一緒に狭い場所から勢いよく出ること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： pile out of something (The passengers piled out of the bus.); pile out (The doors opened and the children piled out.)

よく使う表現： pile out, pile out of