stack
n
1 circular or rectangular pile of hay, straw, grain, etc, usu with a sloping top for storage in the open; rick (乾草、 麥稈、 谷物等的)堆, 垛(通常為斜頂, 便於露天貯存): a haystack 乾草垛.
2 pile or heap, usu neatly arranged 堆, 摞(通常指堆放得整齊的): a wood stack 木材堆
a stack of newspapers 一摞報(bào)紙
They put the rifles into a stack. 他們把步槍架在一起.
3 (esp pl 尤作復(fù)數(shù)) ~ of sth (infml 口) large number or quantity 大量; 一大堆
stacks of money 大量的鈔票
I've got stacks of work to do. 我有一大堆工作要做.
There's a whole stack of bills waiting to be paid. 有一大堆帳要付呢.
4
(a) tall chimney (esp on a factory) or funnel (on a ship) for carrying away smoke 大煙筒(尤指工廠的); (船上的)煙囪.
(b) group of chimneys standing together 煙囪群.
5 (often pl 常作復(fù)數(shù)) rack with shelves for books in a library or bookshop (圖書館或書店的)書架.
6 number of aircraft circling at different heights while waiting for instructions to land at an airport 分層盤旋的待降機(jī)群.
7 (idm 習(xí)語) blow one's stack => blow1. stack, v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ sth (up) make sth into a stack or stacks; pile sth up 將某物堆起或摞起
Please stack your chairs before you leave. 走之前請(qǐng)把椅子摞在一起.
stack logs (into piles) 把原木堆起來
stack (up) the dishes on the draining-board 把碗盤摞起放在滴水板上.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (with sth) put heaps or piles of things on or in (a place) 把某物堆放於(某處)
The whole garden was stacked with bricks. 園子里堆滿了磚.
3 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (against sb) arrange (playing-cards) unfairly 洗(紙牌)時(shí)作弊
(US) stack the deck, ie arrange a whole pack of cards in this way 洗牌時(shí)做手腳.
4
(a) [I, Ip] ~ (up) (of an aircraft) fly in a stack(6) while waiting to land (指飛行器)定高盤旋(以等待降落).
(b) [Tn, Tn.p]
~ sth (up) make (aircraft) fly in a stack; arrange (aircraft) in a stack 使(飛行器)分層盤旋待降; 指示(飛行器)分層盤旋待降.
5 (idm 習(xí)語) have the cards/odds stacked a`gainst one be at a disadvantage or in a difficult situation, so that one seems unlikely to succeed 處於不利的地位或困境(因而難以成功).
6 (phr v) stack up (against sth) (US infml 口) compare (with sth); measure up (to sth) 能(與某事物)相比; 比得上(某事物)
How well do you think this washing powder stacks up against your usual brand? 這種洗衣粉跟你常用的那種比怎麼樣?