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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

堆

Pronunciation / Transliteration: duī

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Heap/hiːp/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"地上有一堆脏衣服。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An untidy collection or pile of things stacked roughly on top of each other.

    "The laundry was left in a large heap on the floor."
As verb
  1. 1

    To put things in a heap or pile, or to load something heavily with a large quantity of material.

    "She heaped the plates high with food."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Proto-Germanic *haup- meaning 'heap' or 'pile', coming from Old English 'hēap'. It is closely related to the German 'Haufen' and Dutch 'hoop', evolving historically to describe any unstructured collection or accumulation of objects.

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