pile-up

noun
🔊/ˈpaɪl ʌp/
🔊/ˈpaɪl ʌp/
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  1. a road accident involving several vehicles crashing into each other连环车祸;连续撞车
    • Three people died in a multiple pile-up in freezing fog.有三人死于冻雾引起的连环车祸中。🔊🔊
    • A young man died in a pile-up on the M1 last night.昨晚一个年轻人在M1 公路发生的连环撞车事故中丧生。
    • a multiple pile-up involving a minibus and five cars包括1 辆中巴和5 辆轿车的连环撞车事故
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • multi-car
    • multiple
    • massive
    pile-up + noun
    • cause
    preposition
    • in a/​the pile-up
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