stack

英 [st?k] 美[st?k]

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復(fù)數(shù):?stacks;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?stacks;過(guò)去式:?stacked;過(guò)去分詞:?stacked;現(xiàn)在分詞:?stacking;

1. stick => stake => stack.

stack 堆，疊，撂，煙囪

來(lái)自古諾斯語(yǔ) stakkr,草堆，來(lái)自 Proto-Germanic*stakon,柱子，樁，來(lái)自 PIE*steg,柱子，樁，詞源同 stake,stick.引申諸相關(guān)詞義。

stack (v.): early 14c., "to pile up (grain) into a stack," from stack (n.). Meaning "arrange (a deck of cards) unfairly" (in stack the deck) is first recorded 1825. Stack up "compare against" is 1903, from notion of piles of poker chips (1896). Of aircraft waiting to land, from 1941. Related: Stacked; Stacking.
stack (n.): c. 1300, "pile, heap, or group of things," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse stakkr "haystack" (cognate with Danish stak, Swedish stack "heap, stack"), from Proto-Germanic *stakon- "a stake," from PIE *stog- (cognates: Old Church Slavonic stogu "heap," Russian stog "haystack," Lithuanian stokas "pillar"), variant of root *steg- (1) "pole, stick" (see stake (n.)). Meaning "set of shelves on which books are set out" is from 1879. Used of the chimneys of factories, locomotives, etc., since 1825. Of computer data from 1960.

1. He ordered them to stack up pillows behind his back.: 他命令他們把幾個(gè)枕頭疊放在自己的背后。

2. They said they were going to stack the court with anti-abortion judges.: 他們說(shuō)將會(huì)往法院中安排一些反對(duì)墮胎的法官。