heap
US: /ˈhip/
UK: /hˈiːp/
UK: /hˈiːp/
English Vietnamese dictionary
heap /hi:p/
- danh từ
- đống
- a heap of sand: một đống cát
- (thông tục) rất nhiều
- there is heaps more to say on this question: còn có thể nói rất nhiều về vấn đề này
- heaps of times: rất nhiều lần
- heaps of people: rất nhiều người
- (số nhiều dùng như phó từ) nhiều, lắm
- he is heaps better: nó khá (đỡ) nhiều rồi
- to be struck all of a heap
- điếng người, sửng sốt, rụng rời, mất vía
- đống
- ngoại động từ
- ((thường) + up) xếp thành đống, chất đống
- to heap up stones: xếp đá lại thành đống, chất đống
- to heap up riches: tích luỹ của cải
- để đầy, chất đầy; cho nhiều
- to heap a card with goods: chất đầy hàng lên xe bò
- to heap insults upon someone: chửi ai như tát nước vào mặt
- to heap someone with favours: ban cho ai nhiều đặc ân
- ((thường) + up) xếp thành đống, chất đống
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 ~ (of sth) an untidy pile of sth: The building was reduced to a heap of rubble. + a compost heap + His clothes lay in a heap on the floor. + Worn-out car tyres were stacked in heaps.
See also -
2 [usually pl.] (informal) a lot of sth: There's heaps of time before the plane leaves. + I've got heaps to tell you.
3 (informal, humorous) a car that is old and in bad condition
Idioms: at the top / bottom of the heap high up/low down in the structure of an organization or a society: These workers are at the bottom of the economic heap.
collapse, fall, etc. in a heap to fall down heavily and not move: He collapsed in a heap on the floor.
heaps better, more, older, etc. (BrE, informal) a lot better, etc: Help yourself-there's heaps more. + He looks heaps better than when I last saw him.
+ verb [VN]
1 ~ sth (up) to put things in an untidy pile: Rocks were heaped up on the side of the road. + She looked at the vegetables heaped on the table.
2 ~ A on B
~ B with A to put a lot of sth in a pile on sth: She heaped food on my plate. + She heaped my plate with food.
3 ~ A on B
~ B with A to give a lot of sth such as praise or criticism to sb: He heaped praise on his team. + He heaped his team with praise.
Idioms see SCORN n.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 collection, pile, mound, stack, accumulation, aggregation, agglomeration, congeries, conglomeration, hoard, mass, store, mountain, stockpile, supply, Colloq US and Canadian stash:
Donors contributed a huge heap of clothing for the sale.
2 Often, heaps. abundance, plethora, superabundance, lot(s), plenty, great deal, scores, peck, sea, Colloq lashings, load(s), piles, ton(s), raft(s), pots, oodles, scad(s), US and Canadian slew:
It was served with heaps of chocolate sauce. Heaps of people bought your record. You're in for a heap of trouble.
v.
3 collect, gather, harvest, reap, glean, garner, pile (up), accumulate, cumulate, aggregate, amass, stockpile, save (up), bank, lay by or up or in, set aside, Colloq stash (away):
In autumn, squirrels heap up their supplies of nuts for the winter.
4 shower, load, bestow, give, provide, burden:
The grateful prince heaped us with treasure beyond imagination.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
big, great, large | little, small | crumpled, untidy | compost, manure, muck, rubbish, scrap, slag, spoil
colliery spoil heaps
VERB + HEAP
be piled in
Papers were piled in great heaps on the desk.
| collapse in, fall (down) in
(both figurative) He collapsed in an exhausted heap on the floor.
PREP.
in a/the ~
His clothes lay in a crumpled heap on the floor.
| on/onto a/the ~
Throw the potato peelings on the compost heap.
| ~ of
a great heap of stones
PHRASES
the bottom/top of the heap
(figurative) These workers are at the bottom of the economic heap.
Concise English dictionary
heaps|heaped|heapinghɪːp
noun
+a collection of objects laid on top of each other
+(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
+a car that is old and unreliable
verb
+bestow in large quantities
+arrange in stacks
+fill to overflow
