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[stæk] 1. noun1) (a large, usually neatly shaped, pile eg of hay, straw, wood etc: a haystack.) pilha2) (a set of shelves for books eg in a library.) estante2. verb(to arrange in a large, usually neat, pile: Stack the books up against the wall.) empilhar* * *[stæk] n 1 meda de feno, palha, etc. 2 pilha, monte. 3 carabinas ensarilhadas. 4 coll grande quantidade. 5 chaminé. 6 Aeron cano de escapamento. 7 (geralmente stacks pl) estante para livros. 8 coll grande número ou quantidade, abundância. • vt 1 empilhar, amontoar. 2 ensarilhar armas. 3 Amer arranjar as cartas do baralho para levar vantagem. hay stack monte de feno. how are things stacking up? como vão as coisas? stacks of letters pilhas de cartas. the odds/ cards are stacked against someone as condições são desfavoráveis para alguém. to stack up (against) Amer coll comparar. -
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См. также в других словарях:
stack up against something — stack up (against (something)) to compare with something else. We wondered how London restaurants stacked up against Atlanta s … New idioms dictionary
stack up against — stack up (against (something)) to compare with something else. We wondered how London restaurants stacked up against Atlanta s … New idioms dictionary
stack up against — be piled against, be heaped against … English contemporary dictionary
stack up — (against (something)) to compare with something else. We wondered how London restaurants stacked up against Atlanta s … New idioms dictionary
stack — stack1 [ stæk ] noun * 1. ) count a pile of things placed one on top of another: stack of: a stack of unopened mail There were stacks of books on the floor. a ) a pile of things standing or lying together: a stack of firewood b ) a pile of HAY… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stack — 1 noun (C) 1 a neat pile of things one on top of the other (+ of): a stack of papers | stacks of dishes waiting to be washed 2 a large pile of grain, grass etc that is stored outside see also: haystack 3 a stack of/stacks of informal especially… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
stack — stacker, n. stackless, adj. /stak/, n. 1. a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers. 2. a large, usually conical, circular, or rectangular pile of hay, straw, or the like. 3. Often, stacks … Universalium
stack — stack1 [stæk] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: stakkr] 1.) a neat pile of things →↑heap stack of ▪ a stack of papers ▪ stacks of dirty dishes 2.) a stack of sth/stacks of sth … Dictionary of contemporary English
stack — ▪ I. stack stack 1 [stæk] noun [countable] COMPUTING a temporary store of information on a computer [m0] ▪ II. stack stack 2 verb 1. [transitive] to put things into neat piles … Financial and business terms
stack up — UK US stack up Phrasal Verb with stack({{}}/stæk/ verb [T] ► to produce a particular result or impression: »How do the three project proposals and their financing stack up? stack up against sth »What most firms want to know is how they stack up… … Financial and business terms
stack up — phrasal verb Word forms stack up : present tense I/you/we/they stack up he/she/it stacks up present participle stacking up past tense stacked up past participle stacked up 1) [intransitive] to increase continuously in a way that seems threatening … English dictionary
