| 单词 |
pig pile |
| 释义 |
pig pile, n. U.S. colloq. Brit. |ˈpɪg pʌɪl|, U.S. |ˈpɪg ˌpaɪl| [‹ pig n.1 + pile n.5 Compare earlier pig-pile v.] A disordered mass or heap of people, formed around an individual on whom others jump. Also fig. Cf. dog pile n. 1.
1880Arthur's Home Mag. Aug. 462/1 Rolling in a mud-puddle, heels up in the air, amid a mound of humanity, very pertinently called a ‘pig-pile’. 1923Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 10 Nov. 1/4 Young Sweeney..was on the bottom of a ‘pig pile’ of youngsters. 1971H. P. Odegard Politics of Truth xviii. 360 It [sc. government] attains its simplicity, sorting out the pigpile of technological complexity, through leadership with vision. 2006Boston Herald (Nexis) 27 Feb. 100 At game's end, the Swedish players were jumping in for the traditional mob pig pile on goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. |
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